Tarrafal
in Porto Novo Municipality, Cape Verde

Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
16.959 and -25.310 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 16° 57' 31" and W -25° 18' 37"
Currency and Currency Code:
Escudo - CVE
Spoken languages:
Portuguese
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 11:28 AM (Thursday)
Timezone: Atlantic/Cape_Verde
UTC/GMT offset: -1 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:49 am and 6:05 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-11.608 and 153.769 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Donuwo
References
This place on Wikipedia
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Cape Verde in Western Africa

Safety Score: 2,5 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Cape Verde.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Cape Verde. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Discover Tarrafal

Tarrafal in Porto Novo Municipality is a place in Cape Verde about 184 mi (or 296 km) north-west of Praia, the country's capital city.

Current time in Tarrafal is now 11:28 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Atlantic / Cape Verde with an UTC offset of minus one hour. We know of 8 airports near Tarrafal. The closest airport in Cape Verde is São Pedro Airport in a distance of 19 mi (or 31 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Mindelo, Pombas and Tarrafal de Sao Nicolau. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 77 °F

Morning Temperature 24°C / 75 °F
Evening Temperature 25°C / 77 °F
Night Temperature 25°C / 76 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 73%
Air Pressure 1016 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-West
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 50% of sky
General Conditions Scattered clouds

Thursday, 21st of November 2024

25°C (77 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.

Friday, 22nd of November 2024

25°C (76 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.

Saturday, 23rd of November 2024

24°C (76 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.

Videos from this area

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Descenso barranco Praya Lisboa (Cabo Verde)

Published: January 11, 2009
Length: 30:10 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Jose Antonio Pacheco

Barrancos en Cabo Verde.


Reportagem RTP - Central de Monte Trigo e Linha Eléctrica de Tarrafal de Monte Trigo

Published: September 07, 2012
Length: 00:19 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Aguas Ponta Preta


Reportagem da RTC - Inauguração da Central Fotovoltaica de Monte Trigo

Published: September 07, 2012
Length: 06:32 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Aguas Ponta Preta


Habitantes del abismo #1

Published: May 11, 2019
Length: 16:26 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Tomas B Ramos P

Hola amig@s, en esta ocacion comparto con ustedes una jornada de pesca a grandes profundidades (200/400 m) con la ayuda de carretes electricos para así ...


Tarrafal de Santiago - Ilha de Santiago - Cabo Verde

Published: November 18, 2018
Length: 51:44 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Paulo Cacela

Another great video of the beautiful Tarrafal Beach at Santiago Island - Cape Verde Islands.


Pesca n Kayak -Vd 1- cabo verde

Published: July 13, 2019
Length: 39:27 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Tomas B Ramos P

Hola amig@s en este video os traigo mis primeras experiencias pescado en Kayak, pruebo varias técnicas diferentes para comprobar que viable es practicarlas ...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Tarrafal de Monte Trigo

Tarrafal de Monte Trigo or simply Tarrafal is a village in the island of Santo Antão. Tarrafal serves the road linking to the rest of the island as well as Norte, the northeastern part of the island and the island capital Porto Novo and a dirt road north to Monte Trigo. Tarrafal de Monte Trigo is the second westernmost settlement in all of Africa, it is geographically after Monte Trigo.

Located at 16.9581, -25.31 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Villages and settlements in Santo Antão, Cape Verde


This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Tarvafal, Tarrafal, Tarrafal de Monte Trigo