Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Funchal: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In November its highs average 21.7°C, 2.3°C warmer than Funchal, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 16.6°C; Funchal is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in NovemberSpain · 471 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Arona in NovemberSpain · 508 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in NovemberSpain · 528 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Telde in NovemberSpain · 539 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in NovemberSpain · 545 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Essaouira in NovemberMorocco · 686 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Laayoune in NovemberWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Safi in NovemberMorocco · 722 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 46 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.