Santa Rita

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.0718,Lat: 38.7566
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	3:23:54am
At island	Terceira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Praia da Vitória
Name	Praia da Vitória (Santa Cruz)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Juncal	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Santa Luzia	1.6 km	SouthWest
3 Fontinhas	3.2 km	West
4 Praia da Vitória	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Lajes	3.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1554 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1950 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2001 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Santa Rita lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 21.5 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1564.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2190 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 85%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 170 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 1.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Rita in country Portugal

Santa Rita 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	17 km	WestSouthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	128 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1158 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto - Ilha da Terceira	PT	8.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lajes

Type of weather in Lajes	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	10:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:28 Europe/Amsterdam