Velas weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇹 Portugal · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Velas is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with August and June close behind. Velas averages about 2,335 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 28 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,335
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 822 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 100 m
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When is the best time to visit Velas?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Velas is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (51/100, 84 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Velas?
Velas gets a moderate 2,335 hours of sunshine a year. July (87/100) is noticeably better than January (51). It ranks #13 of 19 destinations in Portugal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,683 hours. The year's 822 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 | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 84 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 81 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 83 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 64 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 16° / 61°F | 62 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 84 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 46 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 87 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 28 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 86 | 24° / 75°F | 21° / 70°F | 33 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 80 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 66 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 76 | 20° / 68°F | 19° / 66°F | 91 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 16° / 61°F | 71 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 113 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Velas by month
The sea off Velas is warmest in August at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in January at 17°C / 63°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 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 · 95 km · best in Jul · 2,308 h sun/yr
- Ponta Delgada Portugal · 240 km · best in Jul · 2,421 h sun/yr
- Funchal Portugal · 1,224 km · best in Jul · 2,835 h sun/yr
- La Palma Spain · 1,473 km · best in Jun · 3,075 h sun/yr
- Tenerife Spain · 1,596 km · best in Jun · 2,933 h sun/yr
- Lisbon Portugal · 1,649 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pico Portugal · 26 km · 2,334 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa Portugal · 49 km · 2,318 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Horta Portugal · 50 km · 2,334 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Santa Cruz das Flores Portugal · 270 km · 2,289 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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