Vila Franca do Campo

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.4398,Lat: 37.7195
Elevation	119 meter above sea level
Local time	7:52:59am
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Franca do Campo
Name	Vila Franca do Campo (São Miguel)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira Seca	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Água d' Alto	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ribeira das Taínhas	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ribeira Chã	4.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Água de Pau	5.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1424 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1803 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1889 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vila Franca do Campo 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 4.9 km in Northern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Água de Pau Massif (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 6.4 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1469.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2058 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 32%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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 23 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 88 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vila Franca do Campo in country Portugal

Vila Franca do Campo 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	192 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	290 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	970 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	3.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Vila Franca do Campo

Type of weather in Vila Franca do Campo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:46 Europe/Amsterdam