Prainha de Baixo

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.2079,Lat: 38.4731
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	1:25:54am
At island	Pico
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha do Pico
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	São Roque do Pico
Name	Prainha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Canto da Areia	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Prainha de Cima	2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Santo Amaro	4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Almagreira	7.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Caminho de Cima	8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1653 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2047 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2102 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Prainha de Baixo lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Pico (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 16.7 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1665.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2332 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 21%, hill: 23%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 30%, 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 239 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 22 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Prainha de Baixo in country Portugal

Prainha de Baixo 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	30 km	NorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	87 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1228 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montanha do Pico, Prainha e Caveiro - Ilha do Pico	PT	2.1 km	SouthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Prainha de Baixo
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at São Roque do Pico Municipality

Type of weather in São Roque do Pico Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	08:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:50 Europe/Amsterdam