Courelas

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6575,Lat: 38.535
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	16:22:40pm
At island	Faial
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name	Feteira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lajinha	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Portela	1.1 km	NorthWest
3 Algar	1.2 km	West
4 Santa Bárbara	1.3 km	SouthEast
5 Granja	1.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1691 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2086 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2138 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Courelas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 9.9 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1700.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2380 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 53%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 278 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 5.2 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Courelas in country Portugal

Courelas 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	11 km	SouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	124 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1266 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial	PT	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrife

Type of weather in Arrife	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	9 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	09:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:33 Europe/Amsterdam