Ribeira das Taínhas

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.4095,Lat: 37.7209
Elevation	125 meter above sea level
Local time	16:14:38pm
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	Vila Franca do Campo
Name	Ribeira das Taínhas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira Seca	1.1 km	NorthWest
2 Vila Franca do Campo	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ponta Garça	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Água d' Alto	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Ribeira Chã	7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1421 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1801 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1887 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ribeira das Taínhas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). 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 6.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Água de Pau Massif (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 7.9 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1467.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2054 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 30%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 26 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 87 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ribeira das Taínhas in country Portugal

Ribeira das Taínhas 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	195 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	293 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	968 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Franca do Campo

Type of weather in Vila Franca do Campo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	9 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	09:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:25 Europe/Amsterdam