Luz

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.9936,Lat: 39.0252
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	1:00:02am
At island	Graciosa
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Graciosa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Name	Luz
Other place with same name 1	Luz Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 2	Luz Continente - Évora
Other place with same name 3	Luz Continente - Faro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fonte do Mato	2.4 km	NorthEast
2 Praia	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lagoa	3.8 km	NorthEast
4 Caminho do Pontal	4 km	North
5 Caminho da Igreja	5.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1631 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2031 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2072 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Luz lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Graciosa (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 2.1 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1631.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2283 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 63%, hill: 35%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 253 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Graciosa Airport (at a distance of 8.3 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Luz in country Portugal

Luz 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	72 km	WestSouthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	81 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1243 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ponta Branca - Ilha Graciosa	PT	2.8 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Luz
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Cruz da Graciosa Municipality

Type of weather in Santa Cruz da Graciosa Municipality	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 23 January 2025:	9 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	10:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:02 Europe/Amsterdam