Capelas

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.6905,Lat: 37.8148
Elevation	132 meter above sea level
Local time	17:06:54pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponta Delgada
Name	Capelas
Other place with same name 1	Capelas Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 2	Capelas Continente - Lisboa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 São Vicente	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Fenais da Luz	4.6 km	East
3 Aflitos	4.8 km	SouthEast
4 Santo António	4.9 km	North
5 Farropo	5.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1444 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1826 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1908 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa Verde (0.7 km² at a height of around 244 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Picos Volcanic Fissural System (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 4.4 km (direction South). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1486.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2080 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 27%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 8.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 107 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Capelas in country Portugal

Capelas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	168 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	265 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	995 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	18 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponta Delgada

Type of weather in Ponta Delgada	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	09:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:27 Europe/Amsterdam