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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5944,Lat: 37.1298
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	18:19:08pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Alvor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Má Partilha	1.6 km	East
2 Amoreira	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Alto do Poço	1.7 km	NorthEast
4 Montes de Alvor	2 km	NorthEast
5 Quatro Estradas	2.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	184 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	314 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	557 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Alvor lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 12.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 104 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 30%, low location: 70%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 58 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 2.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.3 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

24.9 km2

49.1%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

1.2%

Urban area

9.1 km2

17.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

6.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alvor in country Portugal

Alvor at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	169 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	183 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	199 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Alvor	PT	0.1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Alvor
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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam