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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.0774,Lat: 32.6812
Elevation	205 meter above sea level
Local time	20:21:35pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira Brava
Name	Tábua
Other place with same name 1	Praia Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha da Graciosa
Other place with same name 2	Praia Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha do Faial
Other place with same name 3	Praia Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 4	Praia Continente - Aveiro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Candelária	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Corujeira	0.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Zimbreiros	0.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Apresentação	1.2 km	East
5 Lugar de Baixo	1.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	963 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1136 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1452 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1000 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1400 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 14%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly southern 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 514 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 29 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.2 km2

28.8%

Nature

8.1 km2

17.6%

Agriculture

13 km2

28.2%

Urban area

11.7 km2

25.4%

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 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	12 km	NorthEast
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	472 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	488 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ribeira Brava	PT	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

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 Ponta do Sol

Type of weather in Ponta do Sol	broken clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:04 Europe/Amsterdam