Azores · PortugalSummit weather, forecast and climate

Água de Pau

Volcano947 m

Elevation947 mabove sea level

Prominence420 mindependent height

Isolation25 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

37.76° N, 25.49° WElevation 947 mUTC+0 · Azores Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit947 m
Mid-mountain520 m
Valley · Ribeira Chã93 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Água de Pau in brief

Água de Pau rises to 947 m, Azores, Portugal. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 420 m.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Ribeira Chã, 4.6 km to the S at 93 m.

Facts

Elevation: 947 m · 3,107 ft
Prominence: 420 m
Region: Azores
Country: Portugal
Coordinates: 37.7603, -25.4916
Nearest airport: João Paulo II Airport (PDL) · 18 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 Água de Pau by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Água de Pau by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	13°	12°	13°	13°	15°	18°	21°	21°	20°	17°	15°	13°
Average low	10°	9°	10°	10°	12°	15°	17°	18°	17°	15°	12°	11°
Precipitation	139 mm	128 mm	151 mm	120 mm	117 mm	66 mm	47 mm	77 mm	138 mm	153 mm	174 mm	215 mm
Cloud cover	54%	53%	53%	50%	46%	45%	34%	30%	37%	46%	49%	52%
Daylight	9h 50	10h 48	11h 55	13h 10	14h 12	14h 46	14h 32	13h 38	12h 27	11h 16	10h 09	9h 34
Month score	29	27	31	34	46	76	85	79	64	57	43	34

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	2,700 m	2,600 m	2,700 m	2,750 m	3,000 m	3,450 m	3,800 m	3,950 m	3,750 m	3,400 m	3,050 m	2,800 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

Água de Pau in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Portugal

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Pico da Cruz, Azores	846 m	–	25 km NW	20°
Pico do Buraco	702 m	–	19 km E	22°
Gafanhoto	610 m	–	16 km E	22°
Cedros	518 m	–	12 km E	23°
Pico do Boi	396 m	–	21 km W	22°
Pico da Senhora	389 m	–	15 km NE	24°
Serra Gorda	385 m	–	17 km W	23°
Ferro	294 m	–	14 km E	25°