Weather in Santa Cruz

Calculated from weather data of Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (LPMA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.9	21.1	18.3	19.3	18.0	19.3
February	19.1	20.8	18.3	19.1	18.8	20.3
March	19.4	20.0	20.8	18.5	19.1	19.0
April	20.2		21.5	19.3	20.6	20.3
May	21.9		22.5	22.1	22.1	22.8
June	23.4		24.6	23.1	23.1	23.1
July	25.1		25.5	25.1	25.1	25.6
August	26.5		28.3	25.5	26.6	26.8
September	25.6		26.1	25.8	25.6	25.6
October	24.4		26.5	24.3	24.5	23.5
November	21.7		22.6	22.5	21.3	21.1
December	20.2		21.1	21.5	20.1	19.1
Average	22.0	20.6	23.0	22.2	22.1	22.2

4th 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	15.3	17	15	16	14	15
February	14.9	17	14	16	14	16
March	15.0	15	16	14	15	15
April	15.5		17	15	16	16
May	17.1		18	17	17	18
June	18.8		20	18	18	19
July	20.1		21	20	20	20
August	21.5		23	21	22	22
September	21.0		21	21	21	21
October	19.9		21	20	20	19
November	17.6		19	18	17	17
December	16.4		17	17	17	16
Average	17.6	16.4	18.5	17.7	17.6	17.7

17th 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	8	3	4	2
25 °C or warmer	0	92	41	56	64
20 °C or warmer	51	275	237	241	242
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.2	8	7	6	10	2
February	6.1	5	6	7	7	3
March	4.6	3	2	7	5	7
April	4.4		1	7	3	5
May	2.1		3	1	2	2
June	3.4		5	1	4	7
July	1.4		2	1	1	1
August	1.6		1	1	3	1
September	2.4		4	2	3	3
October	4.5		4	3	3	3
November	5.7		1	5	5	9
December	6.9		3	12	7	7
Average	4.1	5.4	3.1	3.9	4.1	3.9

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	18.1	20	20	19	14	18
February	18.6	19	19	22	15	16
March	19.4	18	16	17	20	21
April	18.1		20	20	16	16
May	19.8		21	20	22	19
June	18.9		19	18	21	19
July	21.4		20	21	24	24
August	21.8		22	21	18	23
September	17.8		15	15	17	16
October	18.2		17	21	18	18
November	16.3		15	12	18	19
December	17.5		16	21	20	16
Average	18.9	18.7	18.3	18.8	18.8	19.0

5th 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	N	NE	N	NW
February	N	N	N	N	NE
March	N	NE	N	N	N
April		N	N	N	NW
May		N	N	N	N
June		NE	N	N	N
July		N	N	N	N
August		NE	N	NE	NE
September		N	NE	N	NE
October		W	N	N	N
November		N	NE	N	N
December		N	SW	N	N

Prevailing wind direction

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

Santa Cruz weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 27 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Santa Cruz?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 19 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Santa Cruz?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 6.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Santa Cruz?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 1.4 %.