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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8391,Lat: 37.0344
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	13:03:22pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Olhão
Name	Quelfes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Belmonte Cima	2 km	NorthWest
2 Brancanes	2.1 km	North
3 Montemor	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Piares	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Marim	2.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	222 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	247 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	517 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Olhão lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Beliche (2.7 km² at a height of around 51 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 41.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 68 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

1 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

20.2 km2

26.1%

Agriculture

38.2 km2

49.4%

Urban area

6.2 km2

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

3.5 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

7.6 km2

9.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Olhão in country Portugal

Olhão at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	133 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	168 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	170 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olhão

Type of weather in Olhão	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam