Prainha de Cima

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.2274,Lat: 38.4817
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	15:09:56pm
At island	Pico
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha do Pico
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	São Roque do Pico
Name	Prainha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prainha de Baixo	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Canto da Areia	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Santo Amaro	6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 São Miguel Arcanjo	6.3 km	NorthWest
5 Almagreira	7.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1655 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2049 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2103 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Prainha de Cima lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Pico (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 14.9 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1666.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2334 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 19%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 20%, 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 241 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pico Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Prainha de Cima in country Portugal

Prainha de Cima 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	28 km	NorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	88 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1230 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zona Central do Pico - Ilha do Pico	PT	1.8 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at São Roque do Pico Municipality

Type of weather in São Roque do Pico Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	09:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:36 Europe/Amsterdam