Best time to visit Funchal

July is the best month in Funchal, scoring 98 out of 100, with March the weakest at 73. The 25-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs May to September — 5 months within ten points of the best.

August is the warmest month at 23.1 °C and February the coolest at 16.1 °C — a 7 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month.

There is a real wet season here. February, March, October, November and December carry the rain — up to 10 wet days in a month — while June to August drop as low as 1. That 9-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Funchal, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea is comfortable for swimming in June to November — 23.9 °C at its warmest against 18.2 °C at its coldest. The water peaks a month or two after the air does, so the best swimming falls later in the year than the best weather. Daylight runs from 10 hours in winter to 14.3 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are July, June, August. The one to think twice about is March. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Funchal month by month