🇵🇹 Weather in Funchal in October
This is what the weather in Funchal (Madeira, Portugal) was like in October in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
23.0 °C
22.2 °C – 24.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
20.7 °C
20.0 °C – 22.2 °C
Avg. rain days in period
8.1
26 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
38.5 mm
3.5 mm – 65.6 mm
Avg. cloud cover
45 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 27.6 °C (10 Oct 2023) · Lowest temperature 17.8 °C (29 Oct 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 22 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 88Sunny
- 124Partly cloudy
- 17Cloudy
- 61Light rain
- 20Rain
Summary
- On average 23.0 °C during the day and 20.7 °C at night.
- On average 8.1 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 38.5 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 1 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 24.9 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 22.2 °C).
- Wettest year: 2022 (65.6 mm), driest: 2021 (3.5 mm).
- Extremes: 27.6 °C on 10 Oct 2023 and 17.8 °C on 29 Oct 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max23.1°Avg. min21.1°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 46.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 51 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.6 °C · Min 19.9 °C
2024
Avg. max23.4°Avg. min21.1°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 22.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.9 °C · Min 19.3 °C
2023
Avg. max24.9°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 50.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.6 °C · Min 19.9 °C
2022
Avg. max22.9°Avg. min20.7°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 65.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.9 °C · Min 19.8 °C
2021
Avg. max23.1°Avg. min20.5°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 3.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 35 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.0 °C · Min 18.8 °C
2020
Avg. max22.2°Avg. min20.1°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 40.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 47 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.6 °C · Min 18.4 °C
2019
Avg. max22.8°Avg. min20.4°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 20.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 39 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.5 °C · Min 18.7 °C
2018
Avg. max22.2°Avg. min20.0°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 55.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.5 °C · Min 17.8 °C
2017
Avg. max23.3°Avg. min20.7°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 24.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 52 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.1 °C · Min 19.2 °C
2016
Avg. max22.5°Avg. min20.4°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 55.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.8 °C · Min 18.4 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Funchal in October?
- Daytime highs averaged 23.0 °C, night-time lows 20.7 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 27.6 °C (10 Oct 2023), the lowest 17.8 °C (29 Oct 2018).
- How often does it rain in Funchal in October?
- On average there were 8.1 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 38.5 mm of precipitation in total. In 1 of 10 years there was no rain day at all.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)