Fajã Grande

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -31.2612,Lat: 39.4543
Elevation	181 meter above sea level
Local time	2:49:15am
At island	Flores
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha das Flores
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lajes das Flores
Name	Fajã Grande

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ponta Delgada	8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Fazenda de Santa Cruz	9.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ribeira dos Barqueiros	10.3 km	SouthEast
4 Monte	10.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lomba	10.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1907 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2313 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2336 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fajã Grande lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Flores Volcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 10.2 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1885.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2640 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 15%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 54%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly western 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 530 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Flores Airport (at a distance of 11 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fajã Grande in country Portugal

Fajã Grande 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	263 km	SouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	364 km	SouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1519 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zona Central - Morro Alto - Ilha das Flores	PT	1.5 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Cruz das Flores

Type of weather in Santa Cruz das Flores	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	13 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:47 Europe/Amsterdam