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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6413,Lat: 39.9316
Elevation	69 meter above sea level
Local time	20:15:45pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Leiria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pombal
Name	Pombal
Other place with same name 1	Escoural Continente - Coimbra
Other place with same name 2	Escoural Continente - Évora

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aldeia dos Anjos	0.7 km	North
2 Granja	1.2 km	West
3 Santorum	1.6 km	South
4 Folgado	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Vinagres	2.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	139 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	426 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	514 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Castelo de Bode (32.8 km² at a height of around 121 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 99.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 133 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.1 km2

30.7%

Nature

11.6 km2

14.7%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

38.4%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.6%

Urban area

11 km2

14%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Escoural in country Portugal

Escoural at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	34 km	SouthWest
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	35 km	NorthEast
3 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	41 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sicó / Alvaiázere	PT	3.3 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pombal

Type of weather in Pombal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:14 Europe/Amsterdam