Horta

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6337,Lat: 38.5297
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:30:14pm
At island	Faial
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name	Horta (Angústias)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pasteleiro	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Santa Bárbara	0.9 km	NorthWest
3 Santo Amaro	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lajinha	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Courelas	2.2 km	NorthWest

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

Horta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 11.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1698.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2378 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 71%, hill: 25%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 276 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 7.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horta in country Portugal

Horta 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	8.3 km	SouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	122 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1264 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial	PT	0.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Horta
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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:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	13 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	09:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:34 Europe/Amsterdam