Covoada

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.7227,Lat: 37.7724
Elevation	175 meter above sea level
Local time	17:09:01pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponta Delgada
Name	Covoada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Relva	2.3 km	South
2 Arrifes	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 Capelas	5.4 km	NorthEast
4 Fajã de Cima	5.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ponta Delgada	6.3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1448 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1828 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1911 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa Verde (0.7 km² at a height of around 244 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in Northern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Picos Volcanic Fissural System (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 4.7 km (direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1490.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2086 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 30%, hill: 66%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 4.2 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 104 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Covoada in country Portugal

Covoada 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	168 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	264 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	995 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Caloura-Ponta da Galera - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	18 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Covoada
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrifes

Type of weather in Arrifes	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:34 Europe/Amsterdam