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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5378,Lat: 37.1198
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	10:03:39am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Portimão
Name	Portimão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Três Castelos	0.8 km	NorthWest
2 Alto Pacheco	1.2 km	NorthWest
3 Portimão	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Ferragudo	1.8 km	East
5 Três Bicos	2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	187 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	309 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	554 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia da Rocha lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 17.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 99.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, The hills are mainly southern 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 5.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7 km2

14.6%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

Agriculture

14.3 km2

29.8%

Urban area

14 km2

29.1%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia da Rocha in country Portugal

Praia da Rocha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	169 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	185 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	196 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portimão

Type of weather in Portimão	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam