Ribeira Grande

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -25.518,Lat: 37.8201
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	16:09:24pm
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	Ribeira Grande (Matriz)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira Seca	1.5 km	West
2 Ribeirinha	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Santa Bárbara	2.7 km	SouthWest
4 Rabo de Peixe	6.5 km	West
5 Cabouco	7.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1429 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1810 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1893 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ribeira Grande lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). 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 6.5 km in Southern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Água de Pau Massif (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 7.2 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1472.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2061 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 70%, hill: 29%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 18 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Santa Maria Airport (at a distance of 101 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ribeira Grande in country Portugal

Ribeira Grande 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	180 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	280 km	NorthWest
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	983 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lagoa do Fogo - Ilha de S. Miguel	PT	6.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribeira Grande Municipality

Type of weather in Ribeira Grande Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:35 Europe/Amsterdam