Hotels at Castelo Branco booking.com

Castelo Branco (Continente)

Booking.com

Castelo Branco

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4904,Lat: 39.823
Elevation	400 meter above sea level
Local time	4:18:42am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Castelo Branco
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castelo Branco
Name	Castelo Branco
Other place with same name 1	Castelo Branco Continente - Bragança

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Benquerênças	8.7 km	West
2 Escalos de Baixo	10.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alcains	10.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Salgueiro do Campo	10.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Cebolais de Cima	10.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	185 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	331 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	452 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 123 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Santa Águeda (6.1 km² at a height of around 384 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 17.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 181 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Nature

18.3 km2

23.2%

Agriculture

46.8 km2

59.6%

Urban area

9.4 km2

12%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castelo Branco in country Portugal

Castelo Branco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	83 km	West
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	91 km	NorthWest
3 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	105 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tejo Internacional, Erges e Pônsul	PT	6.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Castelo Branco
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Castelo Branco
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castelo Branco

Type of weather in Castelo Branco	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1032 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam