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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8249,Lat: 41.7014
Elevation	109 meter above sea level
Local time	11:34:19am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viana do Castelo
Name	Santa Maria Maior e Monserrate e Meadela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Darque	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Costa	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 São Gil	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Fonte Grossa	3.6 km	East
5 Portuzelo	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	331 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	458 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	691 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Viana do Castelo lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 62%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 52 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.6 km2

14.5%

Nature

15.4 km2

25.9%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

13 km2

21.8%

Urban area

12.9 km2

21.6%

Infrastructure

2.5 km2

4.2%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viana do Castelo in country Portugal

Viana do Castelo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	41 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	53 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	65 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Lima	PT	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ursulinas

Type of weather in Ursulinas	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam