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Entre o Vale e o Castelo
On Castelo, Monchique Mountains
Next nearby hike: Via Algarviana - Ligação 10: Monchique-Alferce 1.8 mi · 2.9 kmExplore Castelo →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Jun · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J14°6°98
- F15°7°102
- M18°8°73
- A19°9°88
- M22°12°49
- J27°15°14
- J30°17°3
- A30°17°5
- S27°16°33
- O22°13°97
- N18°10°136
- D15°8°169
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 7.2 km · 4.5 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 7.3 km · 4.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Castelo (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Monchique Mountains (Western Sierra Morena › Morena Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.1 km E of Monchique (Faro) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Oct–Jun
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Faro
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- PR9MCQ
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 37.3307, -8.4897
- Route start
- 37.3334, -8.4896
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15345252
- Official info
- viaalgarviana.org/874/pr9-mcq-%E2%80%93-entre-o-
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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