Canto da Areia

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.194,Lat: 38.4616
Elevation	88 meter above sea level
Local time	16:56:57pm
At island	Pico
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha do Pico
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	São Roque do Pico
Name	Prainha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prainha de Baixo	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Santo Amaro	2.2 km	SouthEast
3 Prainha de Cima	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Caminho de Cima	6.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Santa Cruz	6.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1652 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2046 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2101 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Canto da Areia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Pico (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 18 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1664.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2331 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 18%, hill: 19%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 35%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 237 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 23 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Canto da Areia in country Portugal

Canto da Areia 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	31 km	NorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	86 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1226 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montanha do Pico, Prainha e Caveiro - Ilha do Pico	PT	1.6 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at São Roque do Pico Municipality

Type of weather in São Roque do Pico Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	09:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:36 Europe/Amsterdam