Chão Frio

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6336,Lat: 38.564
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	17:38:47pm
At island	Faial
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name	Praia do Almoxarife

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Volta	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Praia	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lomba	1.6 km	South
4 Santo Amaro	2.1 km	SouthWest
5 Flamengos	2.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1689 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2084 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2136 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 9.5 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1697.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2376 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 46%, hill: 46%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 278 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 8.4 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chão Frio in country Portugal

Chão Frio 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	10 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	122 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1266 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial	PT	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matriz

Type of weather in Matriz	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	13 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	09:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:41 Europe/Amsterdam