Praia

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6188,Lat: 38.5568
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	14:54:08pm
At island	Faial
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name	Praia do Almoxarife
Other place with same name 1	Praia Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha da Graciosa
Other place with same name 2	Praia Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 3	Praia Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 4	Praia Região Autónoma Da Madeira - Ilha da Madeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomba	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Volta	1.3 km	West
3 Chão Frio	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Santo Amaro	1.9 km	West
5 Flamengos	2.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1688 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2083 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2134 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 11.1 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1696.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2375 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 57%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 276 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 9.1 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia in country Portugal

Praia 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	8.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	121 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1264 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial	PT	3.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matriz

Type of weather in Matriz	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	09:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:37 Europe/Amsterdam