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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 3.1598,Lat: 42.4269
Elevation	150 meter above sea level
Local time	8:35:03am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Girona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portbou

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerbère	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Colera	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Banyuls-sur-Mer	6.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 El Port	6.5 km	South
5 La Coma	6.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	135 km	West
2 Monte Carlo	Monaco	376 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	605 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portbou lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake is Étang de Canet (6.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 60%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 154 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

4.7%

Nature

35.2 km2

82.2%

Viticulture

3 km2

Urban area

2 km2

4.6%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portbou in country Spain

Portbou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	France	109 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley	Andorra	129 km	West
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	140 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
L'Albera	ES	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portbou

Type of weather in Portbou	moderate rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam