Faial da Terra

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.1968,Lat: 37.7427
Elevation	348 meter above sea level
Local time	16:01:03pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Povoação
Name	Faial da Terra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomba do Alcaide	3.5 km	NorthWest
2 Lomba dos Pós	3.5 km	NorthWest
3 Terra Chã	3.7 km	East
4 Lomba do Loução	4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Povoação	4.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1403 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1782 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1868 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Faial da Terra lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa das Furnas (1.8 km² at a height of around 279 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 11.4 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1449.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2029 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 20%, hill: 60%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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 44 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 86 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faial da Terra in country Portugal

Faial da Terra 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	209 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	310 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	954 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	2.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribeira Quente

Type of weather in Ribeira Quente	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:46 Europe/Amsterdam