🇨🇻 Praia, Cape Verde
Praia is the capital of Cape Verde. Real-Earth coordinates 14.917°, -23.517°, population 113,364. The busiest sky in the country — monuments to circle, other pilots in the air and the city's own tower frequency on the radio. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Seen on the water near Praia last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
1 vessel on 1 day.
Counted from the AIS positions the Skydex feed received here — sampled once a day in local daytime, plus whenever pilots fly here — not a port register. Ship tracking
Airports near Praia within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Praia International Airport (RAI) · 3 km · 23 flights in 30 days
Flights are airline flight numbers our receivers heard heading to or from the airport, once a day each — not runway movements. All airports
Activity in Praia
Flying conditions in Praia
Sunrise 06:33 · Sunset 18:02 · 11 h 29 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 01:44 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Praia through the year
November in Praia averages 25.7°C with winds around 22 km/h, and roughly 93% of days are good for flying — about 3 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, July, November; September is the most restricted at 53% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C | 29 km/h | 0 | 56% |
| February | 21.8°C | 29 km/h | 0 | 59% |
| March | 21.6°C | 27 km/h | 0 | 69% |
| April | 23°C | 27 km/h | 1 | 78% |
| May | 24.4°C | 27 km/h | 0 | 74% |
| June | 24.9°C | 23 km/h | 0 | 98% |
| July | 25.7°C | 17 km/h | 4 | 95% |
| August | 26.2°C | 14 km/h | 15 | 68% |
| September | 26.3°C | 16 km/h | 16 | 53% |
| October | 26.8°C | 21 km/h | 3 | 87% |
| November | 25.7°C | 22 km/h | 3 | 93% |
| December | 23.6°C | 26 km/h | 2 | 77% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Praia
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What you can do here
- Fly Praia in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 14.917°, -23.517° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Praia.