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GR42-MFT Grande Rota dos Montes de Monforte

Regional route31 km · 19 miBest Oct–May

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–May · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)

  1. J13°5°77
  2. F15°6°60
  3. M18°8°48
  4. A19°9°59
  5. M23°12°50
  6. J29°16°19
  7. J32°18°5
  8. A32°18°6
  9. S28°16°34
  10. O22°13°85
  11. N17°9°96
  12. D13°6°113

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.

About this trail

GR42-MFT Grande Rota dos Montes de Monforte is a regional hiking route of about 31 km (19 mi) in Portalegre, Portugal. It is at Monforte. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Oct–May.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
31 km · 19 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
At Monforte (Portalegre) · GeoNames
Best months
Oct–May
Country
Portugal
Region
Portalegre
Continent
Europe
Route type
Regional route
Ref
GR42
Route centre
39.0870, -7.4843
Route start
39.0577, -7.4432
OpenStreetMap
relation 8512164
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

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