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Satellite view of Porto De Frades Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Porto De Frades Beach

PortugalMadeira · Portugal · Atlantic Ocean

33.0688, -16.2977 · Camacha, 5 km

  • 23°Sea · September
  • 23°High · September
  • 9.6 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Porto De Frades Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Porto De Frades Beach in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 7.0 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month34 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • No lifeguardLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 10Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Porto De Frades Beach ↗
  • 5 kmAirport: Porto Santo Airport (PXO)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.1 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September23 °C
Most sunshineJune and August10 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August3 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°5 h28 mm
  2. Feb18°6 h36 mm
  3. Mar18°7 h34 mm
  4. Apr18°8 h21 mm
  5. May19°9 h13 mm
  6. Jun21°10 h8 mm
  7. Jul22°9 h3 mm
  8. Aug23°9 h5 mm
  9. Sep23°8 h16 mm
  10. Oct23°7 h34 mm
  11. Nov21°5 h40 mm
  12. Dec20°5 h40 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 18°Mar: 18°Apr: 18°May: 19°Jun: 21°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 23°Oct: 23°Nov: 21°Dec: 20°18°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 17°)Feb: 17 °C (High 17° / Low 16°)Mar: 17 °C (High 17° / Low 16°)Apr: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 17°)May: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 18°)Jun: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 20°)Jul: 22 °C (High 22° / Low 21°)Aug: 23 °C (High 23° / Low 22°)Sep: 23 °C (High 23° / Low 22°)Oct: 22 °C (High 22° / Low 21°)Nov: 20 °C (High 20° / Low 19°)Dec: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 18°)23°17°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 mmFeb: 36 mmMar: 34 mmApr: 21 mmMay: 13 mmJun: 8 mmJul: 3 mm3Aug: 5 mmSep: 16 mmOct: 34 mmNov: 40 mmDec: 40 mm40

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.8 hFeb: 5.8 hMar: 7.0 hApr: 8.4 hMay: 8.8 hJun: 9.6 h9.6Jul: 9.2 hAug: 9.2 hSep: 8.3 hOct: 7.0 hNov: 5.1 hDec: 4.7 h4.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Porto De Frades Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Porto De Frades Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1817182874.822
February1716183675.824
March1716183467.024
April1817182158.422
May1918191338.822
June212021819.620
July222122309.223
August232223519.222
Septemberwarmest sea2322231638.319
October2221233487.020
November2019214085.124
December19182040104.724

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Porto De Frades Beach: Porto Santo Island - panoramio (1)
Photo: Alexey Komarov · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Porto De Frades Beach: Porto Santo Island - panoramio
Photo: Alexey Komarov · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Porto De Frades Beach: Ilhéu de Cima ou do Farol
Photo: LuisMAfonso · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER9 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.19 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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