Madeira has a gentle climate. It’s almost never too hot or too cold, with an average high of 24ºC and low of 17ºC during summer months, dropping by just 4ºC in winter. The Leste, an east wind that blows off the Sahara can knock temperatures up into the 30s on some days of the year.
One look at Madeira’s lush greenery and abundance of fruit and flowers tells you that it does rain here – we are, after all in the subtropics. But the island’s high mountains mean it has all manner of micro-climates – it may be dry in Funchal (generally the sunniest part), yet bucketing down just a few kilometres away in the north. Here you can find satellite images, a chart with average temperatures, sunlight and rainfall and the weather forecast.
