Calheta

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.0179,Lat: 38.6081
Elevation	123 meter above sea level
Local time	14:51:20pm
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	Calheta de São Jorge
Name	Calheta
Other place with same name 1	Calheta Região Autónoma Da Madeira - Ilha da Madeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Biscoitos	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Caminhos Novos	3.2 km	SouthEast
3 Rua de Baixo	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Silveira	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Gança	3.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1636 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2031 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2083 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Calheta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 7.4 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1645.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2304 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 12%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 230 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Calheta in country Portugal

Calheta 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	46 km	WestNorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	69 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1221 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Azores

Type of weather in Azores	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	09:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam