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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3874,Lat: 41.3384
Elevation	322 meter above sea level
Local time	9:19:17am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santo Tirso
Name	Roriz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cartomil	0.5 km	North
2 Ribeira	0.9 km	East
3 Coutada	1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Costa	1.5 km	NorthEast
5 São Tomé de Negrelos	1.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	295 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	412 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	637 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 56.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 34%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 26 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.7 km2

19.9%

Nature

17.4 km2

22.2%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

32.5%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

18.6 km2

23.6%

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 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	14 km	NorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	24 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	29 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valongo	PT	19 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roriz

Type of weather in Roriz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam