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west Santo Amaro portugal north Algar portugal Herdade e Paredes portugal nearest Pasteleiro portugal Horta da Vilariça portugal south Casebres portugal east Chão Frio portugal
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Horta

General information - Location

CountryPortugal
Location in country West
Location in Europe South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -28.6337,Lat: 38.5297 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time0:33:41am
At islandFaial
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Ilha (Ilha)Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityHorta
Name FreguesiaHorta (Angústias)
Other place with same name 1 Horta Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 2 Horta Continente - Aveiro - Anadia
Other place with same name 3 Horta Continente - Guarda
Other place with same name 4 Horta Castilla y León - León

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Pasteleiro0.8 km WestNorthWest
2 Santa Bárbara0.9 km NorthWest
3 Santo Amaro1.8 km NorthNorthEast
4 Lajinha2.2 km WestNorthWest
5 Courelas2.2 km NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 LisboaPortugal1689 km EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar   Gibraltar2084 km EastSouthEast
3 Madrid   Spain2136 km EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Horta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 11.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1698.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2378 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 71%, hill: 25%, The hills are mainly southern 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 276 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 7.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)


Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horta in country Portugal


Horta at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Horta Portugal Location marker for Horta

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard CulturePortugal8.3 km SouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the AzoresPortugal122 km EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of MadeiraPortugal1264 km SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do FaialPT0.5 km SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Matriz

Type of weather in Matrizscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 1027 mb
Humidity: 94 %
Daylength at 18 October 2026:11 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :10:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:12 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Horta (Angústias) - PT (longitude: -28.6337, latitude: 38.5297)
Distance weather station to place (direction