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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.8294,Lat: 32.674
Elevation	518 meter above sea level
Local time	18:31:22pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Cruz
Name	Gaula

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Achada de Baixo	0.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Achada de Cima	0.6 km	NorthEast
3 Moinhos	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Levadas	1 km	SouthEast
5 Ribeirinha	1.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	948 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1115 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1435 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 980.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1373 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 17%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 510 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 5.7 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.8 km2

40.1%

Nature

3.6 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

11.9 km2

20%

Urban area

19 km2

32%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achada da Rocha in country Portugal

Achada da Rocha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	20 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	466 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	485 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Porto Novo	PT	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gaula

Type of weather in Gaula	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	13 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	08:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam