🇵🇹 Weather in Ponta Delgada in August
This is what the weather in Ponta Delgada (São Miguel, Azores, Portugal) was like in August in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
24.2 °C
23.7 °C – 25.6 °C
Avg. night-time low
22.5 °C
22.1 °C – 23.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
6.0
19 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
26.9 mm
9.5 mm – 87.5 mm
Avg. sunshine per day
n/a
Sunshine duration is not available from this data source.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 26.6 °C (23 Aug 2024) · Lowest temperature 20.5 °C (9 Aug 2019) · Avg. daily peak wind 20 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 97Sunny
- 108Partly cloudy
- 16Cloudy
- 54Light rain
- 6Rain
Summary
- On average 24.2 °C during the day and 22.5 °C at night.
- On average 6.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 26.9 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 25.6 °C), coolest: 2017 (avg. 23.7 °C).
- Wettest year: 2019 (87.5 mm), driest: 2024 (9.5 mm).
- Extremes: 26.6 °C on 23 Aug 2024 and 20.5 °C on 9 Aug 2019.
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
2026
Avg. max24.1°Avg. min22.4°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 18.4 mm
- Avg. sunshine per day
- n/a
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.3 °C · Min 20.7 °C
2025
Avg. max24.0°Avg. min22.3°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 17.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 44 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.3 °C · Min 20.9 °C
2024
Avg. max25.6°Avg. min23.7°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 9.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 26 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.6 °C · Min 22.3 °C
2023
Avg. max24.7°Avg. min23.0°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 38.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.1 °C · Min 21.6 °C
2022
Avg. max24.0°Avg. min22.3°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 24.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 45 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.5 °C · Min 21.3 °C
2021
Avg. max24.0°Avg. min22.3°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 24.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.2 °C · Min 20.8 °C
2020
Avg. max24.3°Avg. min22.4°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 20.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 37 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.7 °C · Min 21.1 °C
2019
Avg. max23.9°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 87.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.9 °C · Min 20.5 °C
2018
Avg. max24.0°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 9.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.3 °C · Min 21.0 °C
2017
Avg. max23.7°Avg. min22.1°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 19.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 44 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.8 °C · Min 20.7 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Ponta Delgada in August?
- Daytime highs averaged 24.2 °C, night-time lows 22.5 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 26.6 °C (23 Aug 2024), the lowest 20.5 °C (9 Aug 2019).
- How often does it rain in Ponta Delgada in August?
- On average there were 6.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 26.9 mm of precipitation in total.
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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. Snow depth is the model value for the grid cell, not the depth on the slopes. 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)