Weather in Funchal in November

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, November is the one. Highs average 19.1 °C, lows 17.3 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 7 of 12 in Funchal: past the worst of the year but short of July, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average November reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 1.8 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 22.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 14.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 113 mm — roughly 222% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 10 mm in the driest year against 154 mm in the wettest, around an average of 51 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 18.7 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 76%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 2.4 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 1.6 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Funchal's year — 10.5 hours of daylight against 14.3 at midsummer, losing 0.7 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 21.7 °C in November — comfortable for a proper swim. The sea peaks at 23.9 °C in September and bottoms out at 18.2 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Funchal versus nearby

If Funchal is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a better bet in November — 2.8 °C warmer, 3 days less rain. Agadir is close enough to be a coin toss — 7.2 °C warmer, 4 days less rain.

So: November works, with July the better month by 17 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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