Lajes

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.1074,Lat: 38.7657
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	15:53:11pm
At island	Terceira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Praia da Vitória
Name	Lajes
Other place with same name 1	Lajes Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 2	Lajes Região Autónoma Da Madeira - Ilha da Madeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 S. Brás	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Fontinhas	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Santa Rita	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Santa Luzia	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Juncal	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1557 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1953 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2004 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 18.6 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1566.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2194 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 76%, hill: 23%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 173 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 1.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lajes in country Portugal

Lajes 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	15 km	WestSouthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	125 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1161 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto - Ilha da Terceira	PT	6.3 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lajes

Type of weather in Lajes	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	09:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam