Climate averages 1991–2020
Funchal weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Funchal: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (471 km away). In September its highs average 24.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Funchal, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Funchal ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest September highs and joint 2nd of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 24.6°C; Funchal is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in SeptemberSpain · 471 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Arona in SeptemberSpain · 508 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in SeptemberSpain · 528 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Telde in SeptemberSpain · 539 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in SeptemberSpain · 545 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Essaouira in SeptemberMorocco · 686 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Laayoune in SeptemberWestern Sahara · 712 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Safi in SeptemberMorocco · 722 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 5.6 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.