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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2909,Lat: 37.1039
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	19:36:21pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albufeira
Name	Guia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Patroves	1.3 km	South
2 Tavagueira	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cerro de Águia	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Vale da Parra	1.9 km	West
5 Mouraria	1.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	196 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	287 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	539 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 16.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 77.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 109 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, 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 31 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 27 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.8%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

45.2 km2

71%

Viticulture

1.4 km2

2.1%

Urban area

10.8 km2

16.9%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vale da Ursa in country Portugal

Vale da Ursa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	165 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	174 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	196 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	5.4 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Guia

Type of weather in Guia	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam