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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.84,Lat: 40.3309
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	22:02:59pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cantanhede
Name	Tocha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Berlengas	5.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Inácios	7.2 km	SouthEast
3 Morros	7.4 km	SouthEast
4 Casal do João	7.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Tocha	7.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	179 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	439 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	561 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia da Tocha lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).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 7.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 134.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 188 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 102 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.2 km2

39.8%

Nature

22.3 km2

51.5%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

3.1 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia da Tocha in country Portugal

Praia da Tocha 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	SouthEast
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	75 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	87 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dunas de Mira, Gândara e Gafanhas	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Praia da Tocha
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tocha

Type of weather in Tocha	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam