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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2459,Lat: 37.0958
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	0:14:23am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albufeira
Name	Albufeira e Olhos de Água

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alpouvar	1.9 km	North
2 Torre da Mosqueira	2.5 km	NorthEast
3 Mouraria	2.5 km	NorthWest
4 Cerro de Águia	3 km	West
5 Branqueira	3.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	198 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	283 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	537 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Albufeira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 19.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 74 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 27 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 31 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

66.7%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.8%

Urban area

11.9 km2

22.1%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Albufeira in country Portugal

Albufeira 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	170 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	198 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	5.5 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Albufeira

Type of weather in Albufeira	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam