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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.4325,Lat: 37.8266
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	17:02:14pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira Grande
Name	Porto Formoso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 São Brás	2 km	SouthEast
2 Lombinha da Maia	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ribeirinha	5.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Maia	6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Burguete	6.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1422 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1803 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1886 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Porto Formoso lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa do Fogo (1.4 km² at a height of around 572 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Água de Pau Massif (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 6.9 km (direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1464.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2051 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 28%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 25 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 100 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porto Formoso in country Portugal

Porto Formoso 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	186 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	286 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	977 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	4.5 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribeira Grande Municipality

Type of weather in Ribeira Grande Municipality	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	09:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:26 Europe/Amsterdam