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Right now in Ponta Delgada: clear skies, 22°C, feels like 25°C.
Expect a mostly showery week in Ponta Delgada, with temperatures staying fairly steady between 20°C and 28°C. Rain is most likely on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Daytime highs this week are about 2°C above the August average of 25°C.
Sunrise: 07:09 · Sunset: 20:18 · Day length: 13h 9m
Sea water: 23.7°C, warming slightly to around 25°C over the coming days
Wave height: 1.1m (min 0.8m on 2026-08-29, max 1.2m on 2026-09-01)
Ponta Delgada water temperature for the next 7 days · Sea temperature along the whole coast
Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel in the Azores, has the steadiest temperatures anywhere in Portugal. Winter days reach about 17 °C, summer days about 24–25 °C, and extremes in either direction are rare because two thousand kilometres of ocean smooth everything out. What does change, constantly, is the sky: showers, sun and low cloud can trade places several times in a single day.
The ocean around the island is warmed by currents arriving from the Gulf Stream, so the sea is warmer here than along most of the mainland coast, around 17 °C in late winter and 22–24 °C by the end of summer. June to August is the drier, more settled season, while autumn and winter bring the bulk of the rain in passing Atlantic systems.
| Month | Min (°C) | Max (°C) | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.9 | 17.0 | 17.8 |
| February | 13.0 | 16.6 | 14.4 |
| March | 13.1 | 16.7 | 16.3 |
| April | 13.7 | 17.3 | 17.4 |
| May | 15.0 | 19.0 | 19.4 |
| June | 17.1 | 21.2 | 15.1 |
| July | 19.1 | 23.5 | 14.0 |
| August | 20.5 | 25.1 | 15.0 |
| September | 19.8 | 23.9 | 16.1 |
| October | 18.3 | 21.8 | 18.0 |
| November | 15.9 | 19.2 | 15.7 |
| December | 14.4 | 17.7 | 16.6 |
Going by Ponta Delgada's own averages, July is the most balanced month: highs near 24 °C and about 14 rainy days. The hottest month is August at 25 °C, and the wettest is May with 19 rainy days.
Averages for 2016–2025. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of precipitation.
The islands sit in the open Atlantic where weather systems pass in quick succession, and the volcanic terrain splits each one into local effects. One side of São Miguel can sit under cloud while the other enjoys full sun, hence the local advice to simply drive around the island.
Warmer than on most of the mainland coast, thanks to water arriving from the Gulf Stream. It peaks at 22–24 °C in August and September and rarely drops below 16–17 °C even in late winter.
June to August, when the Azores high sits closest and days are at their most settled. From autumn through winter, Atlantic fronts cross regularly, though rain usually comes as showers between bright spells rather than day-long downpours.