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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.7784,Lat: 32.704
Elevation	289 meter above sea level
Local time	15:43:51pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Machico
Name	Água de Pena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Igreja	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Terça de Cima	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Janeiro	1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Queimada	1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Eiras	1.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	942 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1109 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1429 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bemposta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 975.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1365 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 31%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 513 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 0.8 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17 km2

37.4%

Nature

2.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

9.5 km2

21%

Urban area

13.4 km2

29.5%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bemposta in country Portugal

Bemposta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	22 km	NorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	469 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	487 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Machico	PT	1.4 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Machico

Type of weather in Machico	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	08:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam