Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal 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 Funchal: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Funchal, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 26.8°C; Funchal is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 25 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in AugustSpain · 471 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Arona in AugustSpain · 508 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in AugustSpain · 528 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Telde in AugustSpain · 539 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in AugustSpain · 545 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Essaouira in AugustMorocco · 686 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Laayoune in AugustWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Safi in AugustMorocco · 722 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.3 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.