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Três Castelos

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.546,Lat: 37.1232
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	20:36:06pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Portimão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Pacheco	0.4 km	NorthWest
2 Praia da Rocha	0.8 km	SouthEast
3 Vale de França	1.3 km	NorthWest
4 Portimão	1.3 km	NorthEast
5 Três Bicos	1.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	186 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	309 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	554 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Três Castelos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 16.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 99.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 54 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 4.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

6.1 km2

12.3%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

Agriculture

16 km2

32.3%

Urban area

14.7 km2

29.6%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

8.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Três Castelos in country Portugal

Três Castelos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	169 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	185 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	197 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão

Type of weather in Portimão	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam