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Algarve (Faro) in August

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Algarve (Faro) is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 70°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 1 hour from the first week to the last.August in Algarve (Faro) is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 1 hour from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
13h 31mon average

Is August a good time to visit Algarve (Faro)?

A good month, just outside Algarve (Faro)'s best months, which run in two parts: May to July, or September to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in August, against 63°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 17°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in August, against 1% to 28% through the year.

Cloud cover

12% cover in August, against 8% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

13h 31m in August, against 9h 40m to 14h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July82°28°low 68°low 20°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August83°28°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September79°26°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Algarve (Faro) sits, in August

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:48 AMsets 8:25 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lagos66 km west

The land around Algarve (Faro), shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Portugal in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Algarve (Faro)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Algarve (Faro). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.