Lajes das Flores

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -31.1796,Lat: 39.3788
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	18:49:10pm
At island	Flores
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha das Flores
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lajes das Flores
Name	Lajes das Flores

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fazenda das Lajes	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lomba	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ribeira dos Barqueiros	8 km	NorthEast
4 Boavista	8.3 km	NorthEast
5 Santa Cruz das Flores	9.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1900 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2306 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2330 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lajes das Flores lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Flores Volcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 2.5 km (direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1881.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2634 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 19%, hill: 60%, low mountains: 20%, 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 520 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Flores Airport (at a distance of 9.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lajes das Flores in country Portugal

Lajes das Flores 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	253 km	SouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	355 km	SouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1509 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sul e Sudoeste - Ilha das Flores	PT	0.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lajes das Flores
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Cruz das Flores

Type of weather in Santa Cruz das Flores	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 13 January 2026:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	10:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:02 Europe/Amsterdam