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General information - Location

CountryPortugal
Location in countryCenter
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -8.6319,Lat: 40.5473 marker
Elevation61 meter above sea level
Local time19:44:01pm
Name province/regionContinente
Name SubregionAveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityVagos
Name Sosa

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Salgueiro1.6 km NorthNorthEast
2 Sosa2 km West
3 Boco2.2 km WestSouthWest
4 Carregosa2.3 km SouthSouthWest
5 Lavandeira2.4 km NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 LisboaPortugal206 km SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid   Spain421 km EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar   Gibraltar571 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km2 at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 136.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   30 km2 
 38.2% 
 Nature   0.7 km2 
 0.9% 
 Wet nature   1.9 km2 
 2.4% 
 Agriculture   36.1 km2 
 46% 
 Viticulture   2.3 km2 
 3% 
 Urban area   5.4 km2 
 6.9% 
 Infrastructure   0.3 km2 
 0.4% 
 Water - Lakes   0.8 km2 
 1.1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Fontão in country Portugal


Fontão at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and SofiaPortugal42 km SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar Portugal66 km NorthNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine RegionPortugal92 km EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Ria de AveiroPT3 km WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Sosa

Type of weather in Sosafew clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: West South West
Air pressure: 1016 mb
Humidity: 75 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:43 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Sosa - PT (longitude: -8.6319, latitude: 40.5473)
Distance weather station to place (direction O): 0 Kilometers

23:00
13 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
11 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
5:00
12 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
14 degrees
1014 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
16 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
16 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
17:00
15 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
11 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon










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