Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Faro: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In August its highs average 33.2°C, 6.8°C warmer than Faro, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Faro is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Faro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 90 | 7.7 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Huelva in AugustSpain · 92 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in AugustSpain · 156 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in AugustSpain · 164 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.0 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in AugustSpain · 165 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in AugustSpain · 172 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Sevilla in AugustSpain · 178 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in AugustSpain · 180 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Setúbal in AugustPortugal · 188 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Faro) is explained once on the Faro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.