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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.821,Lat: 37.0475
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	8:26:51am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Olhão
Name	Quelfes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Igreja - Quelfes	1.1 km	North
2 Montemor	1.3 km	NorthWest
3 Marim	1.4 km	SouthEast
4 Quatrim	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Brancanes	2.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	221 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	246 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	515 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (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 35.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 71%, The hills are mainly southern 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 13 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 69 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.4%

Wet nature

13.6 km2

17.6%

Agriculture

46.3 km2

60.1%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

2.6 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

4.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piares in country Portugal

Piares at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	132 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	166 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	169 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	1.4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olhão Municipality

Type of weather in Olhão Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam