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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4021,Lat: 37.1195
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	16:25:39pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagoa
Name	Porches

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lombos	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Alporchinhos	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 Sobral	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Salicos	3.6 km	West
5 Armação de Pêra	3.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	191 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	297 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	545 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 87.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 17 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.5 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

81.1%

Viticulture

1.6 km2

2.4%

Urban area

4.1 km2

6.2%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porches in country Portugal

Porches at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	165 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	184 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	190 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	6.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Armação de Pêra

Type of weather in Armação de Pêra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:20 Europe/Amsterdam