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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5225,Lat: 37.1349
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	7:52:28am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagoa
Name	Estômbar e Parchal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ferragudo	1.1 km	South
2 Bela Vista	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Portimão	1.3 km	West
4 Pateiro	1.5 km	East
5 Caldeira do Moínho	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	185 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	308 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	552 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Parchal lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 16.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 97.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 137 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 52 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 5.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.3%

Nature

9.8 km2

14.9%

Wet nature

4.2 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

24.6 km2

37.6%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.6%

Urban area

14.6 km2

22.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Parchal in country Portugal

Parchal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	167 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	184 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	195 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	0.3 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Parchal
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão

Type of weather in Portimão	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam