Beira

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.2086,Lat: 38.6981
Elevation	312 meter above sea level
Local time	14:55:59pm
At island	Sao-jorge
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Jorge
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Velas
Name	Velas (São Jorge)
Other place with same name 1	Beira Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 2	Beira Continente - Portalegre

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Velas	2 km	SouthWest
2 Figueiras	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Santo Amaro	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Caminho de Cima	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Queimada	4.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1651 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2048 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2097 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Beira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.7 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1658.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2322 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 22%, hill: 66%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is .
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport João Paulo II Airport (at a distance of 250 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 4.8 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Beira in country Portugal

Beira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	34 km	West
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	86 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1241 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	6 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Beira
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velas (São Jorge)

Type of weather in Velas (São Jorge)	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam