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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.8299,Lat: 32.73
Elevation	708 meter above sea level
Local time	0:03:33am
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Machico
Name	Santo António da Serra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Achada do Barro	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Lombo das Faias	0.8 km	North
3 Ribeira de Machico	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Margaça	2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Casais Próximos	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	943 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1113 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1431 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthEast).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 977.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1369 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 8%, hill: 27%, low mountains: 40%, moderate high mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 516 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 6.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.5 km2

56.7%

Nature

9.7 km2

12.6%

Agriculture

14.5 km2

18.9%

Urban area

8 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fajã das Vacas in country Portugal

Fajã das Vacas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	17 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	472 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	491 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Laurissilva da Madeira	PT	2.3 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at São Pedro

Type of weather in São Pedro	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam