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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0984,Lat: 37.0712
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	8:54:38am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loulé
Name	Quarteira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Passis	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Morgadinho	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Semino	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Fonte Santa	2.5 km	SouthEast
5 Cascalheira	2.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	207 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	270 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	530 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Quarteira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Funcho (2.8 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 62 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 14 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 44 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

26.2 km2

54.8%

Urban area

4.4 km2

9.2%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quarteira in country Portugal

Quarteira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	157 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	166 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	190 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa / Castro Marim	PT	6.4 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quarteira

Type of weather in Quarteira	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam