Cumbre Vieja · Canary Islands · SpainSummit weather, forecast and climate

Volcán de la Deseada

Volcano1,944 m

Elevation1,944 mabove sea level

Prominence577 mindependent height

Isolation0.4 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul24°average high

28.57° N, 17.84° 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

Volcán de la Deseada in brief

Volcán de la Deseada rises to 1,944 m in the Cumbre Vieja, 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, 7.3 km to the NE at 464 m.

Facts

Elevation: 1,944 m · 6,378 ft
Prominence: 577 m
Range: Cumbre Vieja
Region: Canary Islands
Country: Spain
Coordinates: 28.5692, -17.8369
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 Volcán de la Deseada by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Volcán de la Deseada by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	10°	10°	11°	12°	14°	20°	24°	24°	19°	15°	12°	11°
Average low	9°	9°	10°	11°	13°	19°	23°	23°	18°	14°	11°	9°
Precipitation	91 mm	104 mm	71 mm	39 mm	14 mm	4 mm	2 mm	2 mm	18 mm	75 mm	108 mm	150 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	33	29	44	57	75	99	99	99	95	65	40	29

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	3,400 m	3,350 m	3,550 m	3,650 m	4,050 m	4,900 m	5,600 m	5,500 m	4,800 m	4,150 m	3,750 m	3,500 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

Volcán de la Deseada 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	21 km N	26°
Cumbre Nueva	2,067 m	–	12 km N	24°
Cumbre Vieja	1,944 m	577 m	0.5 km SE	24°
Volcano of San Juan	1,809 m	–	4.2 km NW	23°
Pico Birigoyo	1,807 m	–	4.0 km N	24°
Montaña Quemada	1,362 m	–	6.2 km N	25°
San Antonio	631 m	–	9.3 km S	27°