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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4407,Lat: 37.1907
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	19:59:37pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Silves
Name	Silves

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerro de São Miguel	1.4 km	South
2 Silves-Gare	1.8 km	South
3 Pinheiro e Garrado	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lobite	4.1 km	South
5 Torre e Cercas	4.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	182 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	303 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	542 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 89.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly southern 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 47 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.4%

Nature

23.8 km2

30.3%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

44.7 km2

56.9%

Viticulture

1.8 km2

2.2%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Silves in country Portugal

Silves at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	159 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	181 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	189 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Silves
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Silves

Type of weather in Silves	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam