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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5835,Lat: 37.143
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	18:11:42pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Alvor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Montes de Alvor	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Má Partilha	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vale das Hortas	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Quatro Estradas	1.5 km	SouthEast
5 Alvor	1.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	183 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	313 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	555 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (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 12.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 102.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 0.7 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.1 km2

0.1%

Nature

3.5 km2

5.5%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

52.9%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

Urban area

11.6 km2

18.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

3.7 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alto do Poço in country Portugal

Alto do Poço at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	168 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	182 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	198 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Alvor	PT	0.6 km	NorthWest

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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:	3.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:21 Europe/Amsterdam