Angra do Heroísmo

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.2182,Lat: 38.6442
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	16:33:53pm
At island	Terceira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Angra do Heroísmo
Name	Angra (Sé)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santo Amaro	2.7 km	East
2 Pico da Urze	2.7 km	North
3 Vinha Brava	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 São Carlos	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Vale de Linhares	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1567 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1962 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2015 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Angra do Heroísmo lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 13.4 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1579.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2212 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 67%, hill: 31%, 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 172 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 17 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Angra do Heroísmo in country Portugal

Angra do Heroísmo 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	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	115 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1162 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ilhéu das Cabras - Ilha Terceira	PT	6.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Angra do Heroísmo

Type of weather in Angra do Heroísmo	light rain
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	08:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:47 Europe/Amsterdam