Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Funchal: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In October its highs average 23.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Funchal, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 20.9°C; Funchal is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in OctoberSpain · 471 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Arona in OctoberSpain · 508 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in OctoberSpain · 528 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Telde in OctoberSpain · 539 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in OctoberSpain · 545 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Essaouira in OctoberMorocco · 686 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Laayoune in OctoberWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Safi in OctoberMorocco · 722 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 23 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.