Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Faro: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, 4.7°C warmer than Faro, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 24.6°C; Faro is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Huelva in SeptemberSpain · 92 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in SeptemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in SeptemberSpain · 164 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 26 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in SeptemberSpain · 165 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in SeptemberSpain · 172 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Sevilla in SeptemberSpain · 178 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in SeptemberSpain · 180 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Setúbal in SeptemberPortugal · 188 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 25 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.