Vilaflor is a municipality and village in the south-central part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province), Spain. Vilaflor, with an altitude of 1,400 m, is the highest village on Tenerife, situated south of the Teide volcano. It is located 7 km north of San Miguel de Abona and 51 km southwest of the island's capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The population is 1,645 (2018)[3] and the area is 56.26 km².[1]
Vilaflor | |
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Coordinates: 28°9′30″N 16°38′10″W | |
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Autonomous Region | Canary Islands |
Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
Island | Tenerife |
Area | |
• Total | 56.26 km2 (21.72 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,645 |
• Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Climate | Csb |
Website | www.vilaflordechasna.es |
The town of Vilaflor de Chasna was founded in the sixteenth century. Saint Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur was born in Vilaflor in 1626.
Climate data for Vilaflor 1378m (Temperatures:1983-1995; Precipitation:1945-1997) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.4 (1.94) |
51.2 (2.02) |
34.1 (1.34) |
24.4 (0.96) |
2.7 (0.11) |
0.4 (0.02) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (0.03) |
7.5 (0.30) |
33.8 (1.33) |
70.6 (2.78) |
56.2 (2.21) |
366.1 (14.41) |
Average rainy days | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 46 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
Percent possible sunshine | 55 | 64 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 55 | 60 | 63 |
Source 1: Gobierno de Canarias [4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather Atlas (rainy days and sunshine data)[5] |
Climate data for Vilaflor | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily daylight hours | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 12.2 |
Average Ultraviolet index | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7.9 |
Source: Weather Atlas[5] |
Year | Population |
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2003 | 1,798 |
2013 | 1,804 |
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La Gomera |
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El Hierro |
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