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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5661,Lat: 37.1563
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	12:47:40pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Alvor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chão das Donas	0.7 km	East
2 Vale das Hortas	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cabeço do Mocho	1.1 km	SouthEast
4 Pedra Mourinha-Vale Lagar	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Coca Maravilhas	1.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	182 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	313 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	553 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 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 12.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 101.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 1.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.9 km2

6.5%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.7%

Wet nature

4.6 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

47.7%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

12.2 km2

16.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sesmarias in country Portugal

Sesmarias at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	166 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	181 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	197 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Alvor	PT	2.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão Municipality

Type of weather in Portimão Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	39 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam