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The Lofoten islands, despite their very northerly latitude, have very mild weather year-round. What I'm wondering is, what are the equivalent of the Lofoten islands for coolness in the deep tropics (no more than 5 degrees north or south of the equator)? Is there some alpine climate here where months have mean temperatures below zero? Is there anywhere where snow is common? Doesn't have to be an inhabited place, as long as there is a weather station.
The summit of Chimborazo almost right on the equator and at over 6200m in elevation most certainly averages highs below freezing all months of the year
In terms of places where people actually live, Cerro de Pasco probably has one of the coldest annual means in the tropics at 5.54°C which is colder than Montreal and Moscow
I don't think Cerro de Pasco can be called a Lofoten's equivalent at the tropics' latitude. It is not particularly cold for its latitude; I believe that other places at the same latitude and altitude have only slightly higher averages and maybe they rarely or never see snow (while Cerro can see it at any time of the year) but still they're not extremely different.
A particularly cool place for its latitude is for example Trujillo in Peru, which has an annual mean around 20°C despite being on the coast at 8°S. Going north the temperatures rapidly increase, though.
1. The Galapagos Islands. Very strange and surprising seasonal variation for a climate at 0'. "Summer" has "normal" tropical temps (25-30°C) while "winter" averages are about 19-26°C apparently. (Sounds odd to mention summer and winter for a climate that's right on the equator)
2. Swakopmund, Namibia. Tropical, coastal, and desertic but London-like summer highs and coolish winters.
Edit: sorry, read the OP too fast, didn't realize you were talking about the deep tropics only. I'll leave that here anyway.
As Lofoten is unusually 'warm' considering its latitude, I would have thought that a Lofoten of the deep tropics would be a place warmer than the typical 26C/27C average of equatorial regions, such as Lodwar, Kenya. But if you are looking for high altitude places close to the Equator where stations exist, the highest one I know is Las Brisas, Caldas, Colombia, at 4150 metres above sea level:
As you can see, the annual temperature range is extremely low -much lower than oceanic Lofoten-.
Below freezing averages are likely to appear over 4900/5000 metres asl.
As Lofoten is unusually 'warm' considering its latitude, I would have thought that a Lofoten of the deep tropics would be a place warmer than the typical 26C/27C average of equatorial regions, such as Lodwar, Kenya. But if you are looking for high altitude places close to the Equator where stations exist, the highest one I know is Las Brisas, Caldas, Colombia, at 4150 metres above sea level:
As you can see, the annual temperature range is extremely low -much lower than oceanic Lofoten-.
Below freezing averages are likely to appear over 4900/5000 metres asl.
Thanks. Do you know the average highs and lows for each month in Las Brisas?
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