Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Funchal: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In January its highs average 18.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Funchal, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.7°C; Funchal is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in JanuarySpain · 471 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Arona in JanuarySpain · 508 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in JanuarySpain · 528 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Telde in JanuarySpain · 539 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in JanuarySpain · 545 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Essaouira in JanuaryMorocco · 686 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Laayoune in JanuaryWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Safi in JanuaryMorocco · 722 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.6°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.