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Island location Madeira in southern Europe

For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:Madeira

Physical characteristics - Location

Coordinates:	long: -16.99902 lat : 32.74651
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -16°59'56.4792 lat : 32°4'28.7436
Surface area:	741 km² (1.951 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	176 km
Average height:	720 metre
Length island:	57 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	22 km
Name :	Pico Ruivo (1862 metre)
Orientation island:	West-northwest - East-southeast

Demographic data island

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	254368
Population density:	343.00 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	Porto Moniz (NNW), Calheta (WZW), São Vicente (N), Ponta Delgada (N), Ponta do Sol (Z), Santana (NO), Funchal (ZO), Machico (O), Santa Cruz (O), Caniço (ZO), Funchal (ZZO)

Naming - Location

Local native name:	Ilha da Madeira
Archipelago (island group):	Madeira archipelago
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Ilhas Desertas 20.6 km SouthEast 2) Ilhas Desertas 22.5 km SouthEast 3) Ilhas Desertas 35.2 km SouthSouthEast 4) Porto Santo 42 km NorthEast 5) La Palma 427.7 km South 6) Tenerife 452.7 km South 7) Alegranza 476.1 km SouthEast 8) Montaña Clara 484.5 km SouthEast 9) Graciosa 487.4 km SouthEast 10) La Gomera 490.4 km South 11) Lanzarote 492.4 km SouthEast 12) Gran Canaria 507.5 km SouthSouthEast 13) Fuerteventura 511.9 km SouthSouthEast 14) Isla de Lobos 517.6 km SouthEast 15) El Hierro 538.6 km South 16) Santa Maria 842.3 km NorthWest 17) São Miguel 902.3 km NorthWest 18) Ilhéu de Vila Franca 920.2 km NorthWest 19) Perejil Island 1093.4 km EastNorthEast 20) Terceira 1097.1 km NorthWest 21) São Jorge 1141.5 km NorthWest 22) Pico 1154.8 km NorthWest 23) Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera 1174.5 km EastNorthEast 24) Graciosa 1183 km NorthWest 25) Faial 1205.8 km NorthWest 26) Peñon de Alhucemas 1212.1 km EastNorthEast
Country:	Portugal
Location in Country:	West-southwest
Name Região Autónoma:	Autonomous Region Madeira
Name Concelho:	municipalities : 1) Calheta 2) Câmara de Lobos 3) Funchal 4) Machico 5) Ponta do Sol 6) Porto Moniz 7) Porto Santo 8) Ribeira Brava 9) Santa Cruz 10) Santana 11) São Vicente
Main place:	Funchal
Location Main place:	South-southeast
Sea:	Atlantic Ocean
Distance to main land:	657 km
Nearest Country:	Marocco
Type Water:	vulcanic
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:	relief rich hiking island

Topographic islandmap Madeira

Height map of Madeira

Relief: Height Classes in percentages

Relief: Slope Classes in percentages

Weather at Madeira

The weather type in Curral das Freiras	clear sky
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 meter per second (Wind force - bft 2)
Winddirection:	South-southwest
Atmospheric pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 11 February 2026:	10 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise:	08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	19:49 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Madeira

The weather for the next few hours

Curral das Freiras - PT (longitude: -16.999, latitude: 32.7465)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction NNW): not known

13:00
14 degrees Celcius
1025 mbar
clear sky weericoon

16:00
12 degrees Celcius
1025 mbar
clear sky weericoon

19:00
8 degrees Celcius
1027 mbar
clear sky weericoon

22:00
8 degrees Celcius
1027 mbar
scattered clouds weericoon

1:00
7 degrees Celcius
1026 mbar
scattered clouds weericoon

Climate: Temperature and Precipitation

Transport on your island-holiday

Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane:	Yes
International airport present :	Yes
Accessible by car:	No
Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate):	3591 km
Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland:	No
Bicycle facilities:	No

island-Island, island-Tourism - island-attractions

Wikipedia:	Wikipedia Madeira
Tourist information:	Info Madeira
Youtube:	Youtube Madeira
UNESCO:	Laurisilva of Madeira

island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping

Hotel	Hotel at Madeira booking.com
Camping	1) Camping Park Do Porto Moniz 2) Parque de Campismo Porto Santo
Holiday Home
Bed & Breakfast
accommodation-page	Madeira

Social media - Multimedia

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Landuse Madeira

Forest

309.6 km2

42%

Nature

198.1 km2

27%

Agriculture

112.8 km2

15%

Rock outcrop

3.8 km2

Urban area

113.4 km2

15%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

Sand

0.6 km2

Water

0.7 km2