Rabo de Peixe

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.5793,Lat: 37.7836
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	22:09:59pm
At island	Sao-miguel
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Miguel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira Grande
Name	Rabo de Peixe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cabouco	2.2 km	South
2 Livramento	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Pico da Pedra	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Santa Bárbara	4.2 km	East
5 Lagoa	4.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1435 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1816 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1899 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa do Fogo (1.4 km² at a height of around 572 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Picos Volcanic Fissural System (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 8 km (direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1478.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2070 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 78%, hill: 21%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 11 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 100 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rabo de Peixe in country Portugal

Rabo de Peixe 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	178 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	276 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	985 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	7.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rabo de Peixe

Type of weather in Rabo de Peixe	light rain
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:34 Europe/Amsterdam