Praia
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About
Praia is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality. Praia is the political, economic and cultural center of Cape Verde.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Praia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Praia
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
27° / 21°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
26° / 20°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
27° / 20°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
27° / 20°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
29° / 20°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
29° / 20°
UV Very high
Thu
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
27° / 20°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.8h
06:05 – 18:54local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Praia
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) at 4 km.
Getting around Praia
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, Demon201x.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.