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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5373,Lat: 37.1332
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	11:26:28am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Portimão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Três Bicos	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 São Sebastião	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Parchal	1.3 km	East
4 Três Castelos	1.3 km	SouthWest
5 Alto Pacheco	1.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	185 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	309 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	553 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Bravura (3.6 km² at a height of around 83 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 98.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 53 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 4.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

8.3 km2

13.5%

Wet nature

3.9 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

22.8 km2

37.3%

Urban area

14.9 km2

24.4%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portimão in country Portugal

Portimão at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	167 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	184 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	196 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	1.1 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Portimão
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão

Type of weather in Portimão	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam