Faro weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇹 Portugal · seaside town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Faro is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with August and June close behind. Faro averages about 3,157 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,157
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 545 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 70k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Faro?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Faro is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (52/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Faro?
Faro is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,157 hours of sunshine a year. 46 Sunshine Score points separate July (98) from January (52), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 19 destinations in Portugal for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,683 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 44% of the annual 545 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 50 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 53 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 67 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 13° / 55°F | 62 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 91 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 35 mm | 7 | 16° / 61°F |
| June | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 18° / 64°F | 8 mm | 9 | 18° / 64°F |
| July | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 1 mm | 9 | 18° / 64°F |
| August | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 4 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 23 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 84 | 23° / 73°F | 17° / 63°F | 75 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| November | 74 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 95 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 72 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Faro by month
The sea off Faro is warmest in August at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in March at 16°C / 61°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jerez de la Frontera Spain · 173 km · best in Jun · 3,263 h sun/yr
- Seville Spain · 189 km · best in May · 3,167 h sun/yr
- Lisbon Portugal · 221 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Tangier Morocco · 232 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Gibraltar Gibraltar · 253 km · best in Jun · 3,134 h sun/yr
- Tétouan Morocco · 285 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Portimão Portugal · 56 km · 3,196 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cascais Portugal · 226 km · 2,985 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Badajoz Spain · 232 km · 3,143 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Faro compares month by month: Faro vs Lisbon · Faro vs Seville · Faro vs Málaga · Faro vs Jerez de la Frontera · all comparisons
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