Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Funchal: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In February its highs average 18.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Funchal, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 14.5°C; Funchal is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in FebruarySpain · 471 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Arona in FebruarySpain · 508 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in FebruarySpain · 528 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Telde in FebruarySpain · 539 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in FebruarySpain · 545 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Essaouira in FebruaryMorocco · 686 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Laayoune in FebruaryWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Safi in FebruaryMorocco · 722 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 36 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.