Portela

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -28.6697,Lat: 38.5366
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	21:21:16pm
At island	Faial
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Wiki-website Ilha (Ilha)	Ilha do Faial
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horta
Name Freguesia	Feteira
Other place with same name 1	Portela Continente - Vila Real
Other place with same name 2	Portela Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 3	Portela Continente - Braga - Barcelos
Other place with same name 4	Portela Continente - Braga - Vila Nova de Famalicão
Other place with same name 5	Portela Continente - Braga - Vila Nova de Famalicão
Other place with same name 6	Portela Continente - Braga - Vila Nova de Famalicão
Other place with same name 7	Portela Continente - Braga - Celorico de Basto
Other place with same name 8	Portela Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 9	Portela Continente - Porto - Santo Tirso
Other place with same name 10	Portela Continente - Viseu
Other place with same name 11	Portela Continente - Viseu - Viseu
Other place with same name 12	Portela Continente - Coimbra
Other place with same name 13	Portela Continente - Coimbra - Montemor-o-Velho
Other place with same name 14	Portela Continente - Leiria
Other place with same name 15	Portela Continente - Leiria - Caldas da Rainha
Other place with same name 16	Portela Continente - Santarém
Other place with same name 17	Portela Continente - Lisboa
Other place with same name 18	Portela Continente - Lisboa - Loures
Other place with same name 19	Portela Galicia - Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Granja	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Algar	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Courelas	1.1 km	SouthEast
4 São Pedro	1.3 km	West
5 Feteira	1.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1692 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2087 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2139 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portela lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Cabeço Gordo (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 9.1 km (direction North). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1701 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2381 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 46%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 279 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Horta Airport (at a distance of 4.3 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portela in country Portugal

Portela 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	12 km	SouthEast
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	125 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1267 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monte da Guia - Ilha do Faial	PT	1.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Portela
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Portela
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arrife

Type of weather in Arrife	broken clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 19 July 2026:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:16 Europe/Amsterdam