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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.9315,Lat: 39.3319
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	16:39:15pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Santarém
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rio Maior
Name	Rio Maior

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vale de Óbidos	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ribeira de Santo André	3.7 km	South
3 Fonte da Bica	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Alto da Serra	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Asseiceira	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	69 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	464 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	479 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa de Óbidos (6.9 km² at a height of around 1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 124.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 174 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Maciços Calcários da Estremadura

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 63 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.5 km2

47.7%

Nature

8.4 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

26.4%

Viticulture

2.9 km2

3.6%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.3%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rio Maior in country Portugal

Rio Maior at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	25 km	North
2 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	37 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	53 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serras d'Aire e Candeeiros	PT	2.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rio Maior

Type of weather in Rio Maior	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam