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Santa Luzia

34.6 km² of land in the Atlantic Ocean.

When to go

Santa Luzia seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 2 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

34.6km²

Area

34km

Coastline

397m

Highest point

Topona

0

People

27°C

Warmest sea

September

793km

To the mainland

When to go to Santa Luzia

Best for the beach from May to August and in October.

The sea is warmest in September (27 °C) and coolest in February (22 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Smallest island of Cape Verde

Santa Luzia is an island in Cape Verde. It covers 34.6 km², with 34 km of coastline. Its highest point, Topona, rises to 397 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 793 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight line
  • 793 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From May to August and Octoberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Santa Luzia.

  • 3beachesPraia do Castelo
  • 5volcanoesTopona (Monte Grande), Água Doce and 3 more

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Santa Luzia in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Santa Luzia, each with its own numbers.

  • 14beaches and covesCoastya
  • 2mountainsPeakyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    26.6°C

    Praia de Roque

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

14 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Praia dos Mastros26.5°C
  2. Castelo Beach26.4°C
  3. Praia de Áqua Doce26.5°C
  4. Praia do Castelo26.4°C
  5. Praia das Toninhas26.4°C
  6. Praia de Mastro26.4°C
  7. Praia de Baía de Escuma26.4°C
  8. Praia de Roque26.6°C

6 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

2 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Topona
  2. Tope do Caladouro

Open Peakyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 56 m above the sea. 96 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 66 %0–50 m
  • 30 %50–200 m
  • 4 %200–500 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Santa Luzia35 km²
Manhattan54 km²
Santorini76 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)222222232324252727272524
Night low (°C)202020202122232425252322
Sea (°C)232222232324252627262624
Rain (mm)413719147792846273750
Wet days543321158567
Sun h/day7.88.29.09.19.18.07.37.77.98.07.77.2
Wind (km/h)252523232322181719202022

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020−0.3+0.4+0.5+0.6+0.6+0.1+0.5+0.8+0.9+0.8+0.7+0.2
2021+0.1+0.2−0.2−0.3−0.2+0.1+0.3+0.1+0.3+0.2+0.1±0.0
2022+0.5+0.2−0.5±0.0+0.1+0.4+0.2±0.0+0.5+0.3±0.0+0.2
2023+0.4+0.1+0.6+1.4+0.9+1.3+1.5+1.7+1.3+1.1+1.0+1.3
2024+1.2+1.8+1.2+1.3+1.0+1.1+0.9+0.6+0.8+0.4+0.5+0.8
2025+0.7+0.1−0.4−0.3−0.3+0.2+0.4+0.6+0.3+0.5+0.4−0.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Vistas de Lisboa desde el Mirador de Santa Luzia, Portugal, 2012-05-12, DD 03
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vistas de Lisboa desde el Mirador de Santa Luzia, Portugal, 2012-05-12, DD 04
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lissabon - Santa Luzia - Alfama - 3
Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0
Monte de Santa Luzia sanctuary in Viana do Castelo 10
Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

São VicenteCape VerdeCape Verde226 km²750 m26 km awaySanto AntãoCape VerdeCape Verde787 km²1,979 m57 km awaySão NicolauCape VerdeCape Verde346 km²1,312 m53 km awaySalCape VerdeCape Verde215 km²405 m193 km awayFogoCape VerdeCape Verde472 km²2,829 m206 km awayBoa VistaCape VerdeCape Verde634 km²387 m219 km awayBravaCape VerdeCape Verde63 km²976 m211 km awayMaioCape VerdeCape Verde274 km²437 m240 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q492531) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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