São Tomé
Capital of São Tomé and Príncipe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
São Tomé is the capital of São Tomé and Príncipe, in São Tomé Island. About 53,300 people live in the city proper.
It lies at 0.34° N, 6.73° E, about 140 m (459 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Sao_Tome time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: São Tomé. Green dots: other major cities of São Tomé and Príncipe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
São Tomé has a tropical savanna (dry summer) climate (Köppen As). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 24°C (75°F). Around 1,252 mm (49 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in São Tomé and PríncipeNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.← São Tomé and PríncipeAll cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2410763 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3932 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Org 4cd8129a56d8fa1d 1582100284000: wsrolim, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sao tome fort: No machine-readable author provided. Kotoviski assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
