PRC05FAI Rumo ao Morro de Castelo Branco
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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- F14°13°105
- M14°13°106
- A15°13°75
- M16°15°80
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- J21°20°36
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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
PRC05FAI Rumo ao Morro de Castelo Branco is a local hiking route of about 3.7 km (2.3 mi) in Azores, Portugal. It lies about 2.8 km northwest of Castelo Branco. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.7 km · 2.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 2.8 km NW of Castelo Branco (Horta, Azores) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Azores
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- PRC05FAI
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 38.5308, -28.7453
- Route start
- 38.5352, -28.7415
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 4422240
- Official info
- trails.visitazores.com/en/trails-azores/faial/ru
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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