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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2669,Lat: 41.3792
Elevation	224 meter above sea level
Local time	17:39:18pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vizela
Name	Tagilde e Vizela (São Paio)
Other place with same name 1	Picoto Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 2	Picoto Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 3	Picoto Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 4	Picoto Continente - Leiria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cruzeiro	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Torre	1.5 km	West
3 Cancela da Pedreira	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Paraiso	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 São Simão	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	302 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	403 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	637 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 40 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 48.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 75%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.4 km2

15.8%

Nature

9.8 km2

12.5%

Agriculture

41.8 km2

53.3%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.2%

Urban area

10 km2

12.7%

Infrastructure

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Picoto in country Portugal

Picoto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	7.5 km	North
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	22 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	39 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	24 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vizela (São Paio)

Type of weather in Vizela (São Paio)	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam