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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5733,Lat: 37.1517
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	20:40:17pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Alvor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sesmarias	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Montes de Alvor	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Alto do Poço	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Chão das Donas	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Cabeço do Mocho	1.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	182 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	313 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	554 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).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 12.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 101.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 143 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 24%, low location: 76%, 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 57 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 1 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

Nature

4.2 km2

5.8%

Wet nature

4.7 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

35.8 km2

49.9%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

12 km2

16.8%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

3.8 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vale das Hortas in country Portugal

Vale das Hortas 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	1.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alvor

Type of weather in Alvor	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam