Santa Cruz das Flores weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇹 Portugal · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Santa Cruz das Flores is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with August and September close behind. Santa Cruz das Flores averages about 2,289 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 30 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,289
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 916 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 31 m
When is the best time to visit Santa Cruz das Flores?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Santa Cruz das Flores is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (48/100, 108 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Santa Cruz das Flores?
Santa Cruz das Flores gets a moderate 2,289 hours of sunshine a year. July (87/100) is noticeably better than January (48). It ranks #19 of 19 destinations in Portugal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,683 hours. The year's 916 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 15° / 59°F | 108 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 94 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 86 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 15° / 59°F | 63 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 16° / 61°F | 57 mm | 7 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 76 | 19° / 66°F | 18° / 64°F | 53 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 87 | 22° / 72°F | 21° / 70°F | 30 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 84 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 47 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 79 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 70 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 19° / 66°F | 92 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 17° / 63°F | 93 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 52 | 17° / 63°F | 16° / 61°F | 123 mm | 1 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Santa Cruz das Flores by month
The sea off Santa Cruz das Flores is warmest in August at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in March at 16°C / 61°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Praia da Vitória Portugal · 357 km · best in Jul · 2,308 h sun/yr
- Ponta Delgada Portugal · 509 km · best in Jul · 2,421 h sun/yr
- Funchal Portugal · 1,490 km · best in Jul · 2,835 h sun/yr
- La Palma Spain · 1,719 km · best in Jun · 3,075 h sun/yr
- Tenerife Spain · 1,845 km · best in Jun · 2,933 h sun/yr
- Lisbon Portugal · 1,894 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Corvo Portugal · 24 km · 2,289 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Horta Portugal · 233 km · 2,334 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pico Portugal · 253 km · 2,334 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Velas Portugal · 270 km · 2,335 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa Portugal · 270 km · 2,318 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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