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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.9667,Lat: 32.6919
Elevation	631 meter above sea level
Local time	13:14:55pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Câmara de Lobos
Name	Estreito de Câmara de Lobos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castelejo	1.3 km	SouthWest
2 Fontes	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cabo Podão	1.8 km	West
4 Covão	2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Barreiros	2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	955 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1126 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1443 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 990.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1387 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 6%, hill: 19%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 47%, high mountains: 6%, 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 nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 514 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 18 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.4 km2

29.8%

Nature

25.9 km2

33%

Agriculture

9.1 km2

11.6%

Urban area

20 km2

25.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fajã das Galinhas in country Portugal

Fajã das Galinhas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	9 km	North
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	471 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	488 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maciço Montanhoso Oriental da Ilha da Madeira	PT	2.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Câmara de Lobos Municipality

Type of weather in Câmara de Lobos Municipality	moderate rain
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	10 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:03 Europe/Amsterdam