Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Funchal: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In April its highs average 19.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Funchal, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 18.0°C; Funchal is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Funchal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 51 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 56 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 18.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 28 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 22.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 24.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 3.9 | 1.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 25.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 6.6 | 2.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 25 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 | 11.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 64 | 11.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 83 | 10.4 | 10.010 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
April in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in AprilSpain · 471 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Arona in AprilSpain · 508 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in AprilSpain · 528 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Telde in AprilSpain · 539 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in AprilSpain · 545 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Essaouira in AprilMorocco · 686 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Laayoune in AprilWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Safi in AprilMorocco · 722 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 20 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 Funchal) is explained once on the Funchal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.