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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5285,Lat: 37.1638
Elevation	47 meter above sea level
Local time	7:23:22am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Portimão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Companheira	0.7 km	South
2 Malheiros	0.9 km	West
3 Ladeira do Vau	1 km	NorthWest
4 Bom Retiro	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Cardosas	1.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	182 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	310 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	550 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 97.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 137 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 80%, 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 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 53 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 5.2 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.3 km2

11.8%

Nature

12.4 km2

15.8%

Wet nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

30.6 km2

39%

Urban area

13.5 km2

17.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palheiros in country Portugal

Palheiros at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	164 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	181 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	196 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	1.7 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão

Type of weather in Portimão	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam