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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7579,Lat: 37.7373
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	17:14:20pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Beja
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Odemira
Name	Vila Nova de Milfontes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lagoa Das Gansas	1.2 km	NorthWest
2 Brunheiras	1.8 km	NorthEast
3 Vila Nova de Milfontes	2.2 km	West
4 Ribeira da Azenha	7.5 km	North
5 São Luís	8.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	115 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	356 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	527 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sado and Mira. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Campilhas (2.8 km² at a height of around 107 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 111.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 157 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly western 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
Costa Alentejana e SW Vicentino

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 67 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.9 km2

17.8%

Nature

17.5 km2

24.3%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

37 km2

51.2%

Urban area

1.4 km2

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foros do Galeado in country Portugal

Foros do Galeado at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	114 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	117 km	NorthEast
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	131 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Nova de Milfontes

Type of weather in Vila Nova de Milfontes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:20 Europe/Amsterdam