Velas

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.2133,Lat: 38.6802
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	14:53:14pm
At island	Sao-jorge
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha de São Jorge
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Velas
Name	Velas (São Jorge)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beira	2 km	NorthEast
2 Santo Amaro	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Queimada	3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Figueiras	3.4 km	North
5 Fajã de Santo Amaro	4.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1652 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2048 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2098 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Velas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.2 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1659.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2323 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 25%, hill: 63%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly western 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 249 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 3.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velas in country Portugal

Velas 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	33 km	West
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	86 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1240 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velas

Type of weather in Velas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam