Praia da Vitória

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.0688,Lat: 38.7282
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	22:45:55pm
At island	Terceira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha Terceira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Praia da Vitória
Name	Praia da Vitória (Santa Cruz)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Casa da Ribeira	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Santa Luzia	2.1 km	North
3 Juncal	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Cabo da Praia	2.8 km	South
5 Santa Rita	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1553 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1949 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2001 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia da Vitória lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Serra de Santa Bárbara (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 21.7 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1564.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 69%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 168 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lajes Airport (at a distance of 4.3 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia da Vitória in country Portugal

Praia da Vitória 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	15 km	West
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	128 km	WestNorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1156 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ponta das Contendas - Ilha Terceira	PT	7.4 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Praia da Vitória

Type of weather in Praia da Vitória	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:44 Europe/Amsterdam