What is the weather like?

The weather in the Algarve is mild for about 9 months of the year, with less pleasant outdoor temperatures only from December to February, when the minimum temperature never goes below  7ºC (44,6ºF) on the coldest winter nights and maximum temperature is regularly around 14°C (57,2ºF), with some rain that doesn’t last for long. In Spring and Fall we have really nice temperatures and lots of sunny days. In summer the temperature usually go from  20ºC (68ºF) to 35 (95ºF) degrees. The Algarve is well known for having more then 300 sunny days a year.

Mind that even in the Algarve, temperature can change considerably in short distances, for instance from where we are located – Praia da Rocha/Portimão in the South Coast of the Algarve to the Cape of Sagres (where the West Atlantic Coast starts) the average temperature is usually 5ºC (41ºF) lower and it’s only 40 km away, due to the ocean breeze.