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Vega de San Mateo | |
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 Municipal location in Gran Canaria | |
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| Coordinates:28°0′40″N15°32′0″W / 28.01111°N 15.53333°W /28.01111; -15.53333 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous Region | Canary Islands |
| Province | Las Palmas |
| Island | Gran Canaria |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.89 km2 (14.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 820 m (2,690 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 7,899 |
| • Density | 208.5/km2 (539.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Climate | Csb |
Vega de San Mateo is a town and a municipality in the mountainous central part of the island ofGran Canaria in theProvince of Las Palmas in theCanary Islands. Its population is 7,774 (2013),[3] and the area is 37.89 km2.[1] Vega de San Mateo is located 17 km southwest ofLas Palmas.
Vega de San Mateo is located in the center ofGran Canaria. The town is located at the foot ofPico de las Nieves, and the town is located on the windward slope, which is significantly wetter than the coastal areas.
Vega de San Mateo has awarm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen:Csb;Trewartha:Csbk), as the precipitation in winter is high enough, and the rainy season (October to March of the following year) accounts for 91% of the annual precipitation. The town's annual precipitation is 566.2 millimetres (22.29 in), which is about 4 to 5 times that of coastal areas. The average annual temperature is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F), of which the average temperature from April to November is greater than 10.0 °C (50.0 °F), and August is the warmest month of the year, with an average temperature of 21.0 °C (69.8 °F). From December to March is winter, and temperatures below freezing are frequent.
The annual extreme temperature ranges from −2.0 °C (28.4 °F) on 11 March 1996 to 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 11 July 2023.[4] January 1979 was the month with the most precipitation, with a precipitation of 979.0 millimetres (38.54 in). On the 17th of that month, the station recorded the most precipitation in history, with a precipitation of 193.4 millimetres (7.61 in).[5]
| Climate data for Vega de San Mateo Climate ID: C611E; coordinates27°58′38″N15°35′02″W / 27.97722°N 15.58389°W /27.97722; -15.58389; elevation: 1,702 m (5,584 ft); 1991–2020 provisional normals, extremes 1968–present[6] | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 32.8 (91.0) | 35.7 (96.3) | 35.0 (95.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 35.7 (96.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.2 (63.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.3 (45.1) | 9.2 (48.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 4.8 (40.6) | 8.5 (47.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −0.1 (31.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | −0.9 (30.4) | −2.0 (28.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 84.1 (3.31) | 82.4 (3.24) | 74.6 (2.94) | 26.0 (1.02) | 9.2 (0.36) | 1.2 (0.05) | 0.7 (0.03) | 2.3 (0.09) | 13.3 (0.52) | 55.5 (2.19) | 85.6 (3.37) | 131.5 (5.18) | 566.2 (22.29) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 53.5 |
| Average snowy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source:State Meteorological Agency/AEMET OpenData[4][7][8] | |||||||||||||
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