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Santiago de Besteiros

Santiago de Besteiros

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1259,Lat: 40.579
Elevation	379 meter above sea level
Local time	0:52:06am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tondela
Name	Santiago de Besteiros

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Muna	1.4 km	NorthEast
2 Pedronhe	2.3 km	West
3 Ribeira	2.4 km	South
4 Campo de Besteiros	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Janardo	3.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	221 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	378 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	552 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 44 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Aguieira (23.5 km² at a height of around 124 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 103.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 66%, low mountains: 20%, moderate high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 26 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.7 km2

50.5%

Nature

13.3 km2

17%

Agriculture

22.4 km2

28.5%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.2%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santiago de Besteiros in country Portugal

Santiago de Besteiros 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	48 km	SouthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	64 km	NorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	76 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cambarinho	PT	11 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilar de Besteiros

Type of weather in Vilar de Besteiros	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 11 December 2025:	9 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam