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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8894,Lat: 40.2188
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	18:36:37pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Coimbra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira da Foz
Name	Quiaios

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Murtinheira	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Quiaios	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Serra da Boa Viagem	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Vais	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Monte Alto	4.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	166 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	444 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	553 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia de Quiaios 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 9.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 131.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 184 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 89%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 115 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.6 km2

46.9%

Nature

12.2 km2

29.2%

Agriculture

6 km2

14.4%

Urban area

1.5 km2

3.5%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia de Quiaios in country Portugal

Praia de Quiaios 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	40 km	EastSouthEast
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	63 km	South
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	74 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 de Quiaios
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quiaios

Type of weather in Quiaios	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam