Canary Islands · SpainSummit weather, forecast and climate

Cumbre Vieja

Volcano1,944 m

Elevation1,944 mabove sea level

Prominence577 mindependent height

Isolation12 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

28.57° N, 17.83° WElevation 1,944 mUTC+1 · Western European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit1,944 m
Mid-mountain1,200 m
Valley · Mazo464 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Cumbre Vieja in brief

Cumbre Vieja rises to 1,944 m, Canary Islands, Spain. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 577 m.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 24°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Mazo, 7.2 km to the NE at 464 m.

Facts

Elevation: 1,944 m · 6,378 ft
Prominence: 577 m
Region: Canary Islands
Country: Spain
Coordinates: 28.5667, -17.8333
Nearest airport: La Palma Airport (SPC) · 10 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 Cumbre Vieja by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Cumbre Vieja by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	11°	11°	12°	12°	15°	20°	24°	23°	20°	16°	13°	12°
Average low	10°	10°	10°	11°	14°	19°	23°	22°	19°	15°	12°	10°
Precipitation	91 mm	103 mm	71 mm	39 mm	14 mm	4 mm	2 mm	3 mm	18 mm	74 mm	107 mm	148 mm
Cloud cover	26%	22%	21%	20%	15%	6%	2%	5%	13%	20%	27%	28%
Daylight	10h 31	11h 11	11h 58	12h 51	13h 34	13h 57	13h 48	13h 11	12h 21	11h 30	10h 44	10h 20
Month score	37	34	48	60	78	99	99	99	95	69	46	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	3,500 m	3,500 m	3,650 m	3,750 m	4,100 m	4,900 m	5,550 m	5,450 m	4,850 m	4,300 m	3,900 m	3,650 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

Cumbre Vieja in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Spain

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Roque de los Muchachos	2,426 m	2,423 m	21 km N	26°
Caldera de Taburiente	2,426 m	2,420 m	22 km N	26°
Cumbre Nueva	2,067 m	–	12 km N	24°
Volcán de la Deseada	1,944 m	577 m	0.5 km NW	24°
Volcano of San Juan	1,809 m	–	4.7 km NW	23°
Pico Birigoyo	1,807 m	–	4.3 km N	24°
Montaña Quemada	1,362 m	–	6.5 km N	25°
San Antonio	631 m	–	9.1 km S	27°