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Fajã e Eiras

Fajã e Eiras

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.1254,Lat: 32.7158
Elevation	630 meter above sea level
Local time	0:19:24am
At island	Madeira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponta do Sol
Name	Canhas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carvalhal e Carreira	0.6 km	SouthEast
2 Achada e Levada do Poiso	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Salões	1.5 km	South
4 Achada de Santo Antão	1.5 km	West
5 Poiso	1.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	963 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1139 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1453 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

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

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1001.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1403 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 7%, hill: 24%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 35%, high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 519 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 33 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.3 km2

30.9%

Nature

16.6 km2

27.9%

Agriculture

11.7 km2

19.7%

Urban area

12.7 km2

21.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fajã e Eiras in country Portugal

Fajã e Eiras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	13 km	East
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	477 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	493 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Moledos - Madalena do Mar	PT	1.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arco da Calheta

Type of weather in Arco da Calheta	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 23 April 2026:	13 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam