Praia

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.9728,Lat: 39.0525
Elevation	44 meter above sea level
Local time	9:55:12am
At island	Graciosa
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha da Graciosa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Name	São Mateus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lagoa	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Fonte do Mato	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luz	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Caminho do Pontal	3.7 km	NorthWest
5 Covas	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1629 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2029 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2070 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Graciosa (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 3.7 km (direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1628.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2280 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 71%, hill: 26%, 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 6.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia in country Portugal

Praia 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	75 km	WestSouthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	81 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1244 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ilhéu da Praia - Ilha Graciosa	PT	1.4 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lagoa

Type of weather in Lagoa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	13 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	09:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:33 Europe/Amsterdam