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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3638,Lat: 41.3368
Elevation	274 meter above sea level
Local time	8:59:09am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santo Tirso
Name	Roriz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Guarda	0.7 km	East
2 Várzea	0.8 km	NorthEast
3 Ribeira	1.2 km	NorthWest
4 Cruz	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ribas	1.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	296 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	410 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	636 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 55.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 27%, hill: 72%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 28 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.2 km2

15.5%

Nature

19.7 km2

25.1%

Agriculture

26.8 km2

34.1%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

18.8 km2

23.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Samoça in country Portugal

Samoça at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	13 km	NorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	24 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	30 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valongo	PT	20 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roriz

Type of weather in Roriz	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam