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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8742,Lat: 40.1799
Elevation	90 meter above sea level
Local time	19:28:48pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	Buarcos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fonte Nova	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Senhora da Encarnação	0.9 km	SouthEast
3 Serradinho	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Serra da Boa Viagem	1.4 km	NorthEast
5 Vais	1.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	162 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	443 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	549 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa da Vela (1.1 km² at a height of around 45 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 128.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 180 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 87%, hill: 6%, 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 nature.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

20.9%

Nature

15.6 km2

29.8%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

11.2 km2

21.3%

Urban area

10 km2

19%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

Rock-Sand

2 km2

3.9%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monte Alto in country Portugal

Monte Alto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	38 km	East
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	58 km	South
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	70 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Mira, Gândara e Gafanhas	PT	1.6 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buarcos

Type of weather in Buarcos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam