Best: Jan-Apr · Great: May-Dec
The climate here stays warm and fairly consistent all year, with only modest shifts between its wetter and calmer stretches — September tends to be the rainiest, January the calmest. In January, expect highs around 25°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
Kite-surfing and windsurfing, especially around Sal and Boa Vista, are the islands' signature draws, alongside volcanic hiking on Fogo.
Try cachupa, a slow-cooked corn and bean stew that's Cape Verde's national dish.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect warm days around 25°/20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/19°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/21°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/22°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/23°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/24°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/25°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/24°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/22°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/21°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).