Vega de San Mateo

Geography and climate

Vega de San Mateo is located in the center of Gran Canaria. The town is located at the foot of Pico 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 a warm-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 mm, which is about 4 to 5 times that of coastal areas. The average annual temperature is 12.9 C, of which the average temperature from April to November is greater than 10.0 C, and August is the warmest month of the year, with an average temperature of 21.0 C. From December to March is winter, and temperatures below freezing are frequent.

The annual extreme temperature ranges from -2.0 C on 11 March 1996 to 35.7 C on 11 July 2023. January 1979 was the month with the most precipitation, with a precipitation of 979.0 mm. On the 17th of that month, the station recorded the most precipitation in history, with a precipitation of 193.4 mm.{{cite web |access-date = 26 November 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241126114038/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/abeb176a |archive-date = 2024-11-26}}

Climate ID: C611E; coordinates ; elevation: 1702 m; 1991–2020 provisional normals, extremes 1968–present{{cite web |access-date = 13 November 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241113115453/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4a2f221b |archive-date = 2024-11-13}} |Jan record high C = 26.0 |Feb record high C = 23.0 |Mar record high C = 24.4 |Apr record high C = 27.0 |May record high C = 29.6 |Jun record high C = 32.8 |Jul record high C = 35.7 |Aug record high C = 35.0 |Sep record high C = 32.3 |Oct record high C = 30.5 |Nov record high C = 26.0 |Dec record high C = 25.0 |year record high C = 35.7 |Jan record low C = -1.8 |Feb record low C = -2.0 |Mar record low C = -2.0 |Apr record low C = -0.1 |May record low C = -1.0 |Jun record low C = 0.0 |Jul record low C = 2.0 |Aug record low C = 0.2 |Sep record low C = 0.0 |Oct record low C = 0.0 |Nov record low C = 0.0 |Dec record low C = -0.9 |year record low C = -2.0 |access-date = 26 November 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241126113542/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/d58a4432 |archive-date = 2024-11-26}}{{cite web |access-date = 26 November 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241126113826/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/0b1223dc |archive-date = 2024-11-26}}{{cite web |access-date = 2024-05-14}}

Historical population

| 1991 | 6153 | 1996 | 7316 | 2001 | 6979 | 2002 | 7575 | 2003 | 7610 | 2004 | 7617 | 2013 | 7774

References

References

1. [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/jaxi-istac/menu.do?uripub=urn:uuid:fbc0bdc8-cacb-43b8-a5cb-a93f745dcff6 Instituto Canario de Estadística], area
2. [http://www2.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac/estadisticas/E30260A_1/php/pob_001.php?anyo=2013&territorio=35033 Instituto Canario de Estadística], population