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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5551,Lat: 37.3101
Elevation	496 meter above sea level
Local time	17:10:44pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Monchique
Name	Monchique

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meia Viana	0.8 km	SouthWest
2 Nave	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Rasmalho	9.8 km	South
4 Marmelete	10.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Senhora Verde	11.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	166 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	318 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	541 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 20 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Bravura (3.6 km² at a height of around 83 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 94.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 133 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 11%, hill: 54%, low mountains: 32%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Serras do Algarve e Litoral Alentejano

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.7 km2

49.2%

Nature

21.8 km2

27.8%

Agriculture

17.2 km2

21.9%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monchique in country Portugal

Monchique at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	150 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	165 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	182 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monchique	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Monchique
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Monchique

Type of weather in Monchique	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	13 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam