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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.2056,Lat: 32.75
Elevation	322 meter above sea level
Local time	18:02:29pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Calheta
Name	Prazeres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lombo da Rocha	0.9 km	NorthWest
2 Lombo da Ribeira Funda	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Maloeira	1.4 km	North
4 Raposeira do Lugarinho	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Lombo dos Moínhos	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	966 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1144 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1456 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Picos lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1006.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1409 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 4%, hill: 24%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 34%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 524 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 41 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.2 km2

37.4%

Nature

13.1 km2

26.8%

Agriculture

8.8 km2

18.1%

Urban area

8.6 km2

17.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Picos in country Portugal

Picos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	19 km	EastSouthEast
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	482 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	498 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Paul do Mar – Jardim do Mar	PT	0.7 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Calheta Municipality

Type of weather in Calheta Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:05 Europe/Amsterdam