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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.1022,Lat: 32.6816
Elevation	130 meter above sea level
Local time	21:39:06pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponta do Sol
Name	Ponta do Sol

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lemes	1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Lugar de Baixo	1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Pereirinha-Lombada	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Zimbreiros	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Outeiro	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	965 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1138 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1453 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ponta do Sol lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1001.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1403 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 17%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 515 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 31 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11 km2

29.8%

Nature

4.3 km2

11.6%

Agriculture

11.2 km2

30.5%

Urban area

10.3 km2

28.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponta do Sol in country Portugal

Ponta do Sol at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	13 km	EastNorthEast
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	472 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	489 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cetáceos da Madeira	PT	2.2 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ponta do Sol
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponta do Sol

Type of weather in Ponta do Sol	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam