Barlavento Islands · Cape Verde
Mindelo travel guide
Mindelo is a city in Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde, home to about 70,000 people.
- Best months
- all year
- Nearest airport
- VXE10 km · Cesaria Evora International Airport
- Currency
- CVECape Verdean escudo
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Cape Verde
- Language
- Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese
When to go
The best time to visit Mindelo
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mindelo are all year. September is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; September is the wettest, with about 32 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Mindelo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE), about 9.6 km from the city centre in a straight line; Preguiça Airport (SNE, 82 km) is also within reach.
VXE · Cesaria Evora International Airport
SNE · Preguiça Airport
Questions
Mindelo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Mindelo?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Mindelo are all year. September is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; September is the wettest, with about 32 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Mindelo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE), about 9.6 km from the city centre in a straight line; Preguiça Airport (SNE, 82 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Mindelo?
Cape Verdean escudo (CVE).
Nearby
Destinations near Mindelo
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.