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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.9138,Lat: 32.6414
Elevation	151 meter above sea level
Local time	14:16:02pm
Population	112000 (6th largest city in country)
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Funchal
Name	Funchal (Sé)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeiro Fernando	5.1 km	East
2 Palheiro Ferreiro	5.4 km	East
3 Abegoaria	5.6 km	East
4 Quinta	5.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Câmara de Lobos	5.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	955 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1123 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1443 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Funchal lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 989.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1385 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 33%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 507 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 14 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

21.5%

Nature

1.5 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

2.3 km2

5.8%

Urban area

25.6 km2

65.6%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Funchal in country Portugal

Funchal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	16 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	464 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	482 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cetáceos da Madeira	PT	1.9 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Funchal
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	Bings maps
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Funchal

Type of weather in Funchal	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam