Azores · PortugalSummit weather, forecast and climate

Caldeira do Alferes

Volcano431 m

Elevation431 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.8 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

37.87° N, 25.80° WElevation 431 mUTC+0 · Azores Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Caldeira do Alferes in brief

Caldeira do Alferes rises to 431 m, Azores, Portugal.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Sete Cidades, 1.1 km to the SE at 276 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 Caldeira do Alferes by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	15°	14°	15°	15°	17°	19°	21°	23°	22°	20°	17°	16°
Average low	12°	12°	12°	12°	14°	16°	19°	19°	18°	17°	14°	13°
Precipitation	127 mm	117 mm	133 mm	100 mm	97 mm	55 mm	36 mm	65 mm	127 mm	139 mm	161 mm	191 mm
Cloud cover	50%	48%	48%	43%	40%	40%	29%	25%	33%	41%	45%	47%
Daylight	9h 50	10h 48	11h 55	13h 10	14h 12	14h 46	14h 33	13h 39	12h 28	11h 15	10h 09	9h 33
Month score	43	41	42	51	61	81	90	82	66	62	56	48

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	2,550 m	2,450 m	2,450 m	2,500 m	2,750 m	3,150 m	3,500 m	3,650 m	3,500 m	3,200 m	2,850 m	2,650 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

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Sete Cidades Massif	856 m	–	1.8 km E	21°
Pico da Cruz, Azores	846 m	–	4.8 km SE	20°
Pico do Boi	396 m	–	9.2 km SE	22°
Serra Gorda	385 m	–	14 km SE	23°
Caldeira Seca	346 m	–	1.3 km S	22°
Pico Grande	114 m	–	15 km SE	24°