December Weather on the Azores & Madeira Islands:
Average Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine and Humidity

The tables below list the normal December temperatures and rainfall on Portugal's Azores & Madeira Islands.

There's also information here on this month's average sunshine and humidity at cities on the Azores Islands.

All the numbers are averages from decades of weather data.

Temperature

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Island Place High °C Low °C
Azores
63 56 Faia Horta 17 13
64 55 Flores Santa Cruz 18 13
64 55 Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 18 13
64 55 São Miguel Ponta Delgada 18 13
63 55 Terceira Angra do Heroísmo 17 13
Madeira
69 58 Madeira Funchal 20 15
67 58 Porto Santo Porto Santo 19 14

Rainfall

Average monthly precipitation in December
Days Island Place Inches Milli­metres
Azores
14 Faia Horta 4.7 120
18 Flores Santa Cruz 8.3 211
12 Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 3.7 95
14 São Miguel Ponta Delgada 4.8 121
14 Terceira Angra do Heroísmo 5.4 136
Madeira
10 Madeira Funchal 4.3 109
Porto Santo Porto Santo 2.8 70

Sunshine

Total December sunshine
Azores Island Place Hours
Faia Horta 83
São Miguel Ponta Delgada 93
Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 98

Humidity

Average relative humidity (%) in December
Azores Island Place Humidity
Faia Horta 81
São Miguel Ponta Delgada 83
Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 79
References

Instituto de Meteorologia, IP Portugal. Normais Climatológicas 71-00.

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

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