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Praia das Maçãs

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.4628,Lat: 38.8254
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	14:24:46pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Lisboa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sintra
Name	Colares

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Praia Grande	1.2 km	SouthWest
2 Banzão	1.3 km	South
3 Azenhas do Mar	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mucifal	2.5 km	SouthEast
5 Colares	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	31 km	SouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	476 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	525 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia das Maçãs lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa de Albufeira (1.6 km² at a height of around 1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 42.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 188 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 263 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 91%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Estremadura - Oeste e AML - Norte

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 29 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

27.1%

Nature

4.8 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

20.1 km2

43.4%

Urban area

8.9 km2

19.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia das Maçãs in country Portugal

Praia das Maçãs at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	6.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	17 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	26 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sintra / Cascais	PT	0.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Colares

Type of weather in Colares	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam