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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6613,Lat: 41.3326
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	20:38:26pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila do Conde
Name	Fornelo e Vairão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vairão	0.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Real de Baixo	0.7 km	South
3 Igreja	1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Picoto	1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Macieira de Cima	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	291 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	648 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 62.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 88 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 98%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 9.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25 km2

31.8%

Nature

6.3 km2

Agriculture

39.8 km2

50.6%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Covilhã in country Portugal

Covilhã at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	22 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	33 km	East
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	34 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	18 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vairão

Type of weather in Vairão	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam