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Via Algarviana - Ligação 10: Monchique-Alferce
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J13°5°111
- F14°6°114
- M17°8°80
- A18°9°97
- M21°11°53
- J26°14°16
- J29°16°4
- A29°17°6
- S26°15°35
- O21°12°106
- N17°9°151
- D14°7°186
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
About 12 km (7 mi) long, Via Algarviana - Ligação 10: Monchique-Alferce is a regional hiking route in Faro, Portugal. It is in the Monchique Mountains. It is at Monchique.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Monchique Mountains (Western Sierra Morena › Morena Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Monchique (Faro) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Faro
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- GR13.10
- Operator (OSM)
- Almargem
- Route centre
- 37.3317, -8.5226
- Route start
- 37.3180, -8.5564
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15352899
- Official info
- viaalgarviana.org/875/ligacao-10-monchique-a-alf
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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