Meires
- 5,584 ft
- summit
- Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, IP-RAM
- managed by
- May–Oct
- best months
Meires is a mountain in Madeira, Portugal, with its summit at about 5,580 ft (1,702 m) above sea level. It stands inside Parque Ecológico do Funchal. Mapped trails that come within about half a mile of the top include Levada da Negra, PR 3 - Vereda do Burro and PR 4 - Levada do Barreiro. The nearest town is Curral das Freiras, about 2.3 miles east of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Poço da Neve, Escalvado and Juncal. Poço do Cabo da Ribeira and Pisão are within about 3 miles. For camping, Unofficial flat ground suitable to pitch a discreet tent and Ribeiro Frio are within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 5,584 ft
- Land manager
- Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, IP-RAM
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Meires. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Meires
How tall is Meires?
5,584 ft (1,702 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Meires?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
Poço da NeveSummit · Next doorPhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
EscalvadoSummit · Next doorPhoto: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
ArieiroSummit · Next doorPhoto: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
CidrãoSummit · ~2 min drivePhoto: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
PoisoSummit · ~4 min drivePhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
RuivoSummit · ~4 min drivePhoto: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Achada do TeixeiraSummit · ~4 min drivePhoto: anagh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
SerradoSummit · ~4 min drivePhoto: Leo-setä, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- JuncalSummit · Next door
- Curral MartinhoSummit · Next door
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Best time to visit Meires
Best months: May–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
47° / 43°
12 wet
Feb
48° / 42°
10 wet
Mar
50° / 44°
10 wet
Apr
50° / 44°
9 wet
May
55° / 47°
7 wet
Jun
64° / 56°
4 wet
Jul
72° / 63°
3 wet
Aug
70° / 62°
3 wet
Sep
63° / 56°
6 wet
Oct
57° / 51°
11 wet
Nov
52° / 47°
11 wet
Dec
49° / 44°
13 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 5,449 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors