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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.1765,Lat: 32.7207
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:19:43pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Calheta
Name	Calheta
Other place with same name 1	Calheta Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha de São Jorge

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lombo da Estrela	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Maçapez	1.4 km	SouthEast
3 Lombo do Doutor	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lombo da Atouguia	1.7 km	East
5 Lombo do Salão	1.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	966 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1143 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1456 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Calheta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1005.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1408 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 9%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 520 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 38 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.9 km2

39.9%

Nature

3.3 km2

8.3%

Agriculture

10.4 km2

26.2%

Urban area

10.2 km2

25.6%

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 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	17 km	East
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	478 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	494 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cetáceos da Madeira	PT	2 km	SouthWest

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 Calheta

Type of weather in Calheta	light rain
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	10 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:04 Europe/Amsterdam