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Monte VelhaMosteiros · Cape VerdeSummit weather, forecast and climate
Pico do Fogo
Stratovolcano · last major eruption 20142,829 mUltra-prominent peak
Elevation2,829 mabove sea level
Prominence2,829 mindependent height
Isolation–to a higher summit
Summit, Jul24°average high
14.95° N, 24.34° WElevation 2,829 mUTC−1 · Cape Verde Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit2,829 m
- Mid-mountain1,650 m
- Valley · Cova Figueira480 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Pico do Fogo in brief
Pico do Fogo rises to 2,829 m, Mosteiros, Cape Verde. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 2,829 m, which makes it an ultra-prominent peak.
At the summit, May is the mildest month with average highs of 28°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Relva, 5.5 km to the NE.
Facts
- Elevation
- 2,829 m · 9,281 ft
- Prominence
- 2,829 m
- Region
- Mosteiros
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Coordinates
- 14.9493, -24.3404
- Nearest airport
- Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) · 92 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Pico do Fogo by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 20° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 19° |
| Average low | 18° | 19° | 20° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 23° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 21 mm | 137 mm | 143 mm | 54 mm | 12 mm | 6 mm |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 30% | 21% | 19% | 14% | 12% | 17% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 43% | 38% |
| Daylight | 11h 20 | 11h 39 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 49 | 13h 00 | 12h 56 | 12h 38 | 12h 13 | 11h 49 | 11h 26 | 11h 15 |
| Month score | 97 | 99 | 100 | 95 | 89 | 89 | 94 | 67 | 67 | 83 | 91 | 95 |
Snow and freezing level
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 | 5,700 m | 5,900 m | 6,000 m | 6,800 m | 7,050 m | 7,000 m | 6,450 m | 5,950 m | 5,950 m | 6,000 m | 5,700 m | 5,700 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 |
ivTerrain
Pico do Fogo in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of Cape VerdePeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordeira (Fogo) | 2,692 m | – | 5.7 km W | 24° |
| Monte Velha | 1,482 m | – | 5.9 km N | 24° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Relva
Mosteiros · 5.5 km NE
26°Oct high
9wet days
75score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Cova Figueira
Santa Catarina do Fogo · 8.3 km SE
25°Oct high
9wet days
78score
Around here
Relva and around
Nature
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Fogo
Island · 2,829 m
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