Maia

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.3825,Lat: 37.7919
Elevation	528 meter above sea level
Local time	5:52:30am
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira Grande
Name	Maia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burguete	3.3 km	NorthEast
2 São Brás	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Lombinha da Maia	4.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Lomba da Maia	4.9 km	NorthEast
5 Ribeira Funda	5.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1418 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1799 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1882 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction North). 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 5.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 6.1 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1462.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2047 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 6%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 54%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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 28 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 95 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Maia in country Portugal

Maia 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	192 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	292 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	971 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	4.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponta Garça

Type of weather in Ponta Garça	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:32 Europe/Amsterdam