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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5452,Lat: 37.147
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	15:12:15pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Portimão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cardosas	0.4 km	NorthEast
2 Coca Maravilhas	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Caldeira do Moínho	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Cabeço do Mocho	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Pedra Mourinha-Vale Lagar	1.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	183 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	310 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	552 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 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 14.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 99.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 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 is lightly 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 54 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 3.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

5.2%

Nature

7 km2

9.8%

Wet nature

4.9 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

28.5 km2

40.1%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

14.9 km2

21%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Boavista in country Portugal

Boavista 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	182 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	197 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	1.4 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Boavista
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão

Type of weather in Portimão	clear sky
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam