Weather in Azores

Calculated from weather data of Flores Airport (LPFL) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.8	16.6	16.6	15.9	17.5	16.6
February	16.4	17.6	15.8	16.6	15.4	17.1
March	16.7	16.8	17.1	16.6	16.6	16.6
April	17.5	17.8	17.6	17.3	18.1	17.6
May	19.0		19.8	18.1	19.6	18.6
June	21.4		21.8	21.3	22.1	20.0
July	24.2		23.8	24.5	23.6	24.1
August	25.2		25.1	25.8	25.3	25.3
September	24.0		24.1	25.0	23.1	22.5
October	21.6		21.5	21.3	22.6	21.3
November	19.1		19.3	19.3	19.8	17.8
December	17.5		17.1	16.8	17.5	16.8
Average	19.6	17.2	20.0	20.0	20.1	19.5

14th highest temperature of Portugal

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.8	14	15	14	16	15
February	13.7	16	13	14	13	15
March	14.2	14	15	15	14	14
April	15.0	15	15	15	16	15
May	16.5		17	16	17	16
June	18.9		19	18	20	18
July	21.5		21	22	21	22
August	22.6		22	23	23	23
September	21.5		21	22	21	20
October	18.8		18	18	20	19
November	16.5		17	16	18	15
December	15.4		15	15	15	15
Average	17.1	14.6	17.2	17.3	17.6	17.2

15th lowest temperature of Portugal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	0	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	21	48	22	19
20 °C or warmer	0	159	142	170	129
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.4	19	11	8	24	13
February	14.5	15	12	7	23	8
March	14.2	12	16	18	18	6
April	12.7	13	14	15	13	17
May	13.8		8	24	12	13
June	7.2		6	13	8	5
July	5.6		8	5	9	5
August	8.6		3	5	8	15
September	8.9		14	9	6	12
October	14.3		21	9	17	14
November	16.2		26	16	18	11
December	17.6		25	23	20	10
Average	12.5	14.5	13.3	12.3	14.3	10.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.3	20	19	16	23	21
February	19.5	20	23	15	23	18
March	20.3	20	24	20	19	20
April	20.0	19	21	21	20	19
May	17.6		15	19	16	18
June	15.7		15	15	13	19
July	13.6		11	10	13	15
August	13.3		13	11	16	13
September	15.3		15	14	16	15
October	17.5		18	17	14	19
November	18.5		21	16	20	19
December	21.0		22	28	19	18
Average	17.8	20.0	17.7	16.3	17.5	17.8

9th highest wind speed of Portugal

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	S	NE	S	S
February	S	S	S	W	S
March	W	S	SW	S	SW
April	W	S	SW	S	SW
May		S	S	NW	W
June		N	N	S	N
July		NE	NE	N	S
August		N	NE	NW	S
September		NW	SE	N	N
October		SW	NW	S	NW
November		S	SW	SE	N
December		S	NW	SW	W

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Azores weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Azores?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 25 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Azores?

The coldest month is February with an average daytime temperature of 16 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Azores?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 17.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Azores?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 5.7 %.