Furnas

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.3095,Lat: 37.774
Elevation	381 meter above sea level
Local time	12:21:36pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Povoação
Name	Furnas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira Quente	3.7 km	South
2 Lomba do Cavaleiro	5.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lomba do Carro	5.4 km	SouthEast
4 Lomba do Botão	5.6 km	SouthEast
5 Lomba do Pomar	6.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1412 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1792 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1877 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa das Furnas (1.8 km² at a height of around 279 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 1 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1457.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2040 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 7%, hill: 52%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 34 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 91 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Furnas in country Portugal

Furnas 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	199 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	299 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	964 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	1.3 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Furnas

Type of weather in Furnas	light rain
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:33 Europe/Amsterdam