Via Algarviana - Ligação 6: Ameixial - Barranco do Velho
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J13°5°84
- F15°6°72
- M17°8°57
- A19°9°63
- M22°11°41
- J27°15°10
- J31°17°3
- A31°18°5
- S27°16°34
- O22°13°82
- N17°9°114
- D14°7°162
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
Via Algarviana - Ligação 6: Ameixial - Barranco do Velho is a regional hiking route in Faro, Portugal, about 22 km (14 mi) in length. It lies about 11 km north of São Brás de Alportel. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Sep–May.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 22 km · 14 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 11 km N of São Brás de Alportel (Faro) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Faro
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- GR13.6
- Operator (OSM)
- Associação Almargem
- Route centre
- 37.3097, -7.9378
- Route start
- 37.2534, -7.9155
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 8557435
- Official info
- viaalgarviana.org/index.php/ligacoes-a-via-algar
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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