Funchal
City in Portugal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Funchal, Praça do Município: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Funchal is a city in Portugal, in Madeira. About 105,795 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Portugal in our atlas.
It lies at 32.67° N, 16.93° W, about 280 m (919 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Atlantic/Madeira time zone.
Location
Red dot: Funchal. Green dots: other major cities of Portugal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Funchal has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 24°C (75°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 15°C (59°F). Around 364 mm (14 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in PortugalNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Amadora · 987 km
- Lisbon · 990 km
- Setúbal · 993 km
- Leiria · 1,092 km
- Coimbra · 1,154 km
- Porto · 1,221 km
- Viseu · 1,224 km
- Braga · 1,267 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2267827 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q134983322 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Funchal, Praça do Município: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)