Tancos
Located in Vila Nova da Barquinha Municipality, Santarém District Coordinates: 39°27′58″ N 8°23′53″ W
- Population
- 190
- 190
- Elevation
- 65 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Lisbon · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- LIS Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport99 km
- CAT Cascais Airport117 km
About Tancos
Tancos is a municipality. Location: Vila Nova da Barquinha Municipality, Santarém District. Population: 190. Elevation: 65 m.
Tancos is a Portuguese freguesia ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha. The population in 2011 was 243, in an area of 2.04 km2. It had high media exposure in 2017 due to the Tancos arms theft scandal. Tancos parish is the location of an important military area (Polígono de Tancos) that includes the Tancos Military Air Field, the Parachute Troops School and a military engineering unit.
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At a glance
- Area
- 1.6 km²
Source: Wikidata
Climate of Tancos
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: April–July, September–October.
This month · November
Outside the best season
Day 18° · Night 10° · Rain 95 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 29°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 7°)
- Wettest month
- December (108 mm)
- Driest month
- July (6 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 14° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low (°C) | 7° | 7° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 106 | 85 | 60 | 65 | 58 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 81 | 95 | 108 |
Other places to visit in this season: April May June July September October
How to get to Tancos
The nearest airport is Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), 99 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lisbon, 105 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) Lisbon 99 kmsouthwest
- Cascais Airport (CAT) Cascais 117 kmsouthwest
- Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE) Viseu 146 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Lisbon Population: 517.8K 105 kmsouthwest
- Setúbal Population: 118.2K 113 kmsouth
- Badajoz Population: 150.5K 140 kmsoutheast
- Porto Population: 252.7K 188 kmnorth
- Braga Population: 193.3K 232 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Tancos
Within 100 km: 25 historic and cultural sites, 198 natural sites, 4 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km4 places
- Cabeço Gordo Mountain 18 kmSW
- Cabeço da Mata Mountain 22 kmW
- Vale das Caldeiras Natural site 24 kmW
- Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Attraction 16 kmN
25–60 km53 places
- Zemaneira Mountain 56 kmSW
- Cabeço Gordo Mountain 37 kmW
- Cabeço do Vento Mountain 28 kmNW
- Cabeço Vedeiro Mountain 38 kmW
60–100 km170 places
- Sapateira Grande Mountain 91 kmE
- Vale do Corvo Natural site 78 kmS
- Vale Costado Natural site 69 kmS
- Río Alburrel River 87 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Attraction, União das freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais16 km N -
Cabeço da Mata Mountain, Bugalhos22 km W
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Cabeço Gordo Mountain, União das freguesias de Casével e Vaqueiros18 km SW
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Vale das Caldeiras Natural site, Santarém District24 km W
Sources & licences
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