Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Funchal: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Funchal, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks joint 10th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 20.6°C; Funchal is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in MaySpain · 471 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Arona in MaySpain · 508 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MaySpain · 528 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Telde in MaySpain · 539 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MaySpain · 545 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Essaouira in MayMorocco · 686 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Laayoune in MayWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Safi in MayMorocco · 722 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 11 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.