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The climate of Porto Santo (Portugal)
Porto Santo is a small island that is part of the autonomous region of Madeira, Portugal. The only city and municipality on the island is Porto Santo. This city has a population of 5,000. Porto Santo was officially discovered and recognized by the crown of Portugal in 1418, after captains in the service of the Infante Henrique, better known as “Henry the Navigator”, came across the island and its sheltered anchorage. Porto Santo means Holy Harbour. The main source of income for the island is tourism. An 18 hole golf course can be found on the island which was designed by the Spanish golfing champion Steve Ballesteros. Just like other cities and island in Madeira Porto Santo has a warm maritime climate also referred to as a subtropical climate. Extremes in weather are uncommon on Porto Santo because of the strong influence of the Atlantic Ocean. However, the socalled Leste wind that supplies dry and warm air from the African continent may cause temperatures to rise above 30 degrees Celsius.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Porto Santo

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 17 12 5 12 18
February 17 12 5 11 17
March 18 12 6 11 17
April 18 12 6 9 18
May 19 13 7 6 19
June 21 15 6 5 20
July 23 17 8 2 21
August 24 18 8 3 23
September 24 18 7 7 23
October 22 16 6 10 22
November 20 14 5 11 21
December 18 13 5 13 19
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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