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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5696,Lat: 37.1354
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	0:59:37am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Portimão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Má Partilha	0.6 km	West
2 Aldeia das Sobreiras	0.8 km	East
3 Amoreira	1.2 km	SouthWest
4 Vale de França	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Pedra Mourinha-Vale Lagar	1.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	184 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	312 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	555 km	EastNorthEast

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 da Bravura (3.6 km² at a height of around 83 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 101.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 71%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 56 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.9 km2

6.7%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

23.7 km2

41.1%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

Urban area

13.4 km2

23.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

5.4 km2

9.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quatro Estradas in country Portugal

Quatro Estradas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	168 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	183 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	199 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	1.8 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alvor

Type of weather in Alvor	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam