Mosteiros · Cape VerdeSummit weather, forecast and climate

Monte Velha

1,482 m

Elevation1,482 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation5.9 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

15.00° N, 24.34° WElevation 1,482 mUTC−1 · Cape Verde Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Monte Velha in brief

Monte Velha rises to 1,482 m, Mosteiros, Cape Verde.

At the summit, June is the mildest month with average highs of 26°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Igreja, 3.7 km to the N at 193 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Monte Velha by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	20°	21°	21°	24°	26°	26°	24°	23°	23°	23°	21°	21°
Average low	19°	20°	20°	24°	25°	25°	23°	22°	22°	22°	21°	20°
Precipitation	8 mm	4 mm	1 mm	1 mm	0 mm	1 mm	22 mm	138 mm	144 mm	55 mm	13 mm	6 mm
Cloud cover	34%	30%	23%	21%	16%	14%	24%	31%	31%	35%	41%	38%
Daylight	11h 20	11h 39	12h 02	12h 28	12h 49	13h 01	12h 56	12h 38	12h 13	11h 49	11h 26	11h 15
Month score	96	99	100	100	98	97	94	67	67	83	92	95

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,550 m	4,600 m	4,700 m	5,150 m	5,350 m	5,400 m	5,150 m	4,900 m	4,950 m	4,950 m	4,700 m	4,650 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C