Weather

The annual average air temperatures for the coastal areas of Madeira Island are higher on the southern coast than on the northern coast and fall as you move inland according to altitude. Thus, the annual average temperature is 19.4 ºC in Lugar de Baixo (15 m), 18.8 °C in Funchal (58 m), 17.8 °C in Ponta Delgada (136 m), 15.2 ºC in Santana (380 m), dropping to 9.7 ºC in Arieiro (1,610 m).

The monthly average temperature of sea water is relatively high and varies regularly throughout the year between about 17ºC in March and 22ºC in August and September.

The values observed for sea water temperature in the region rarely drop below 15°C and rarely exceed 25 ºC.