Portugal
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
141km²
Area
74km
Coastline
914m
Highest point
Morro Alto
3,397
People
23°C
Warmest sea
August
1,859km
To the mainland
When to go to Flores Island
Best for the beach in August.
The sea is warmest in August (23 °C) and coolest in March (16 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from July to October.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island of the Azores
Flores Island is an island in Portugal. It covers 141 km², with 74 km of coastline. Its highest point, Morro Alto, rises to 914 m. About 3,397 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,859 km away.
Getting there
- Flores Airport (FLW)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at FLW airport (Santa Cruz das Flores)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- Ferries3 ferry terminals on the island
- 1,859 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Flores Island.
- 7beachesPraia das Lajes ou Calheta, Praia Fajã Grande, Baía de Alagoa and 4 more
- 68viewpointsMiradouro do Monte das Cruzes, Miradouro dos Caimbros, Miradouro da Caldeira Rasa e Caldeira Funda and 65 more
- 3lighthousesFarol das Lajes das Flores, Farol do Albarnaz
- 3ferry terminalsPorto da Fajã Grande, Lajes, Santa Cruz das Flores
- 3marinasla leclerk, Porto Velho, Marina das Lajes
- 16named peaksMorro Alto, Pico dos Sete Pés, Boca da Vereda and 13 more
- 28waterfallsPoço do Bacalhau, Waterfall and 26 more
- 1ruins and archaeological sites
- 1dive centresFlores Dive Center
- 6waymarked walking routesPR02FLO Lajedo - Fajã Grande, PR03FLO Miradouro das Lagoas - Poço do Bacalhau, PR01FLO Ponta Delgada - Fajã Grande and 3 more
- 5campsitesZona de Campismo, Parque de Campismo, Parque de Campismo e Lazer da Alagoa and 2 more
- 37hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 41restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Flores Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Flores Island, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
1lakeLakeyas
2waterfallsCascadyas
Largest lake
0.26km²
Lagoa Rasa
according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
23.4°C
Porto da Lomba
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Lagoa Rasa0.26km²
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2 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Cascata do Poço do Bacalhau
- Cascata da Ribeira Grande
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 404 m above the sea. 21 % of it is below 200 m.
- 5 %0–50 m
- 16 %50–200 m
- 41 %200–500 m
- 38 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Lajes das Flores3,907 people
- Santa Cruz das Flores1,725 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| Night low (°C) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
| Sea (°C) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| Rain (mm) | 108 | 94 | 86 | 63 | 57 | 52 | 30 | 47 | 70 | 92 | 93 | 123 |
| Wet days | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 32 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 33 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.5 | −0.3 | −0.9 | +0.2 | +0.1 | −0.2 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +1.2 | +1.4 | +0.9 |
| 2022 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.1 | −0.2 | −0.5 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +1.0 | +0.6 | −0.5 | −0.5 |
| 2023 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 |
| 2024 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +2.0 | +2.2 | +2.4 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +1.3 |
| 2025 | +1.0 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.8 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q216752) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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