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Funchal Climate & Temperature

⛺ Funchal has a hot mediterranean/ dry-summer subtropical climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa) that is mild with moderate seasonality. Summers are dry and hot due to the domination of subtropical high pressure systems while winters experience moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather due to the polar front. These climates usually occur on the western sides of continents between the latitudes of 30° and 45°. Vegetation is adapted to the dry summers and is fragrant and oily making it susceptible to fire. The typical Mediterranean climate average monthly temperatures in excess of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) in its warmest month and an average in the coldest month between 18 to −3 °C (64 to 27 °F) with at least four months above 10 °C (50 °F). Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa).Mediterranean hot climate (Csa)

🌡️ The average temperature is 18.7 degrees Celsius (65.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 6.4 °C (11.5°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype truly hyperoceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 642 mm (25.3 inches) which is equivalent to 642 Litres/m² (15.75 Gallons/ft²).

Funchal Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 19.4°C (66.9°F) on average falling to 13.3°C (55.9°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 20°C (68°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 13.7°C (56.6°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 24.1°C (75.3°F) and average low temperatures are 17.8°C (64°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 24°C (75.1°F) during the day and lows of 17.4°C (63.3°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 14:08 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 9:51 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 2438 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Funchal you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Lord Howe Island, Australia where you would find a Humid subtropical climate.

🌍Funchal, Madeira is at 32°38'N, 16°53'W, 56 m (184 ft). Check the location on the map.

Funchal Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
19 (66) 19 (66) 20 (67) 20 (67) 21 (70) 22 (72) 24 (76) 26 (78) 26 (78) 24 (76) 22 (72) 20 (68) 22 (71)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
16 (61) 16 (61) 16 (61) 17 (62) 18 (64) 19 (67) 21 (70) 22 (72) 22 (72) 21 (70) 19 (66) 17 (62) 19 (66)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
13 (56) 13 (55) 13 (55) 13 (56) 15 (58) 17 (62) 18 (64) 19 (66) 19 (66) 18 (64) 16 (60) 14 (57) 16 (60)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
103 (4) 87 (3) 64 (3) 39 (2) 19 (1) 12 (0) 2 (0) 3 (0) 37 (1) 75 (3) 101 (4) 100 (4) 642 (25)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
8 (26) 8 (28) 8 (26) 5 (17) 3 (10) 1 (3) 0 (0) 1 (3) 4 (13) 8 (26) 9 (30) 10 (32) 65 (18)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
5h 21' 5h 52' 6h 34' 7h 28' 6h 54' 6h 36' 7h 52' 8h 21' 7h 30' 6h 36' 5h 38' 5h 17' 6h 40'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
10h 15' 10h 58' 11h 55' 12h 57' 13h 48' 14h 15' 14h 03' 13h 19' 12h 19' 11h 18' 10h 26' 10h 01' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
53 (47) 54 (46) 56 (44) 58 (42) 50 (50) 47 (53) 57 (43) 63 (37) 62 (38) 59 (41) 55 (45) 53 (47) 56 (44)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
37.5 46.8 57.7 69.3 77.6 80.8 77.7 69.4 57.9 46.4 37.3 34 57.7


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