Povoação

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.2424,Lat: 37.7492
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	2:04:18am
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Povoação
Name	Povoação

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lomba do Pomar	0.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Lomba dos Pós	0.6 km	SouthEast
3 Lomba do Carro	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Lomba do Alcaide	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Lomba do Botão	1.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1407 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1786 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1872 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Povoação lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). 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 7.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Furnas (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 7.3 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1452.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2034 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 22%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 40 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 87 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Povoação in country Portugal

Povoação 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	205 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	305 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	957 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	2.8 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribeira Quente

Type of weather in Ribeira Quente	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	08:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:35 Europe/Amsterdam