Climate averages 1991–2020

Funchal weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.9°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 3.9 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Funchal: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In July its highs average 24.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Funchal, with 5.0 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 26.3°C; Funchal is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.9 mm to 6.6 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Funchal, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Funchal

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 limits

How 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.