Mindelo weather by month
The best time to visit Mindelo is April to June — 93/100 in April, 27°C and 0 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (93/100 on average).
The worst month is September at 87/100 — sweltering, a little rain, muggy air. See September →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Cabo Verde →
Best season: March to May (93/100 on average) · worst September (87/100)
- Days
- 27°C
- Nights
- 21°C
- Wet days
- 0
- Sun
- 11.4 h
- Humidity
- 75%
- Daylight
- 13 h

Mindelo, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Mindelo is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Mindelo through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Mindelo Carnival1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Festival
- June
- Sao Joao at Ribeira de Juliao20–24 JunFestival
- July
- Independence Day5 JulHoliday
- August
- Baia das Gatas festival1–31 Aug (usually)Festival
- September
- Mindelact theatre festival1–20 Sep (usually)Festival
- November
- ARC+ rally stopover12–25 Nov (usually)Festival
- December
- Bruma seca dust haze1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)Hazard
Crowds in Mindelo in April
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Mindelo
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe April across Cape Verde as normally lovely and sunny, with visitors pretty much guaranteed non-stop sunshine and daily sunshine hours running toward their February-through-June peak. Posters are consistent, though, that it still runs a bit windy this time of year, with the trade winds behind Cape Verde's generally pleasant year-round temperatures also capable of making evenings chilly enough to want a light jacket or coat. Given limited destination-specific detail for Mindelo on Sao Vicente specifically, this note leans on that broader archipelago-wide pattern, which should apply reasonably well across the islands: sunny, dry, and windy, with April sitting comfortably within Cape Verde's generally mild, low-rainfall stretch of the year.
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