Canada
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
252km²
Area
166km
Coastline
113m
Highest point
2,706
People
13°C
Warmest sea
August
264km
To the mainland
When to go to Fogo Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (13 °C) and coolest in March (-1 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island and also town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Fogo Island is an island in Canada. It covers 252 km², with 166 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 113 m. About 2,706 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 264 km away.
Getting there
- Gander International Airport (YQX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 86 km in a straight lineCar hire at YQX airport (Gander)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesChange Islands - Fogo Island
- 264 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Fogo Island.
- 3beachesHosp. Cove Beach, Sandy Cove Beach, Witches Foot
- 9viewpointsWoodpeck Hill Lookout, Hare Bay Lookout, Deep Bay Lookout and 6 more
- 1ferry terminalsFogo Island
- 1campsitesUnsupervised campsite
- 5hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 5restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Fogo Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Fogo Island, each with its own numbers.
14beaches and covesCoastya
3lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
0.28km²
Kippen Cove Steadies
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
21.0°C
Jim O'Keefes Steady
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
13.0°C
Cape Cove
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
14 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Cape Covecove13.0°C
- Barr'd Covecove13.0°C
- Black Head Covecove13.0°C
- Cobb Covecove13.0°C
- Kippen Covecove13.0°C
- Lion's Den Covecove13.0°C
- Little Seldom Covecove13.0°C
- Oliver's Covecove13.0°C
6 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
3 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Kippen Cove Steadies0.28km²
- Cooks Pond0.19km²
- Jim O'Keefes Steady0.14km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 41 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 65 %0–50 m
- 35 %50–200 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Fogo Island2,117 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -3 | -3 | -1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Night low (°C) | -8 | -9 | -7 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -4 |
| Sea (°C) | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Rain (mm) | 96 | 91 | 96 | 78 | 81 | 90 | 106 | 96 | 107 | 108 | 106 | 105 |
| Wet days | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Wind (km/h) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.8 | −0.1 | −0.9 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +1.8 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.2 | ±0.0 |
| 2021 | +1.0 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +1.3 | +1.9 | +0.8 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +0.6 | +1.9 | +1.4 |
| 2022 | +0.9 | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.2 | +1.2 | +0.5 | +2.9 | +3.3 | +3.3 | +2.8 | +0.9 | +1.1 |
| 2023 | +0.9 | +0.2 | −0.8 | −0.8 | −0.1 | −1.9 | +1.9 | +1.9 | +2.0 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.5 |
| 2024 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +2.6 | +4.8 | +2.4 | +2.7 | +2.7 | +2.1 | +1.3 |
| 2025 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +1.8 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +1.6 | +0.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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FranceAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1435159) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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