São Filipe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit São Filipe is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with April and May close behind. São Filipe averages about 3,105 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in June.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,105
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 368 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 168 m
When is the best time to visit São Filipe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit São Filipe is June, then April and May. The dullest month is September (82/100, 83 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is São Filipe?
São Filipe is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,105 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 15 Sunshine Score points separate June from September. It ranks #2 of 7 destinations in Cape Verde for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,089 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around September, carries about 50% of the annual 368 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 93 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 23 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| February | 92 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 29 mm | 10 | 25° / 77°F |
| March | 95 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 11 mm | 12 | 25° / 77°F |
| April | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 8 mm | 12 | 26° / 79°F |
| May | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 6 mm | 12 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 97 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 13 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 55 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 83 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 89 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 47 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 89 | 26° / 79°F | 24° / 75°F | 47 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 90 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 41 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
Sea temperature in São Filipe by month
The sea off São Filipe is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 25°C / 77°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See São Filipe on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Praia Cape Verde · 107 km · best in May · 3,097 h sun/yr
- Rabil Cape Verde · 220 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
- São Pedro Cape Verde · 225 km · best in May · 3,191 h sun/yr
- Espargos Cape Verde · 263 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
- Dakar Senegal · 797 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Serekunda Gambia · 861 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Vila do Maio Cape Verde · 139 km · 2,984 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Preguiça Cape Verde · 191 km · 3,089 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Put the São Filipe sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing São Filipe's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: