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Find your Azores

What kind of day is it

Explore volcanic landscapes, choose a place to eat, and work out how to get there.

Conditions

Plan your stay

In the Azores the weather, not the timetable, often decides whether a crater rim or a lake is worth the walk. These are the current readings at the two places most journeys pass through.

Ponta Delgada

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Horta

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What the weather decides here

  • The climb to Lagoa do Fogo No line prints a stop at the lake. From Água de Pau the lake is a long climb on foot, and the ridge makes its own weather: a clear coast does not promise a clear crater.
  • The rim above Sete Cidades Vista do Rei has no printed stop; it is a climb from the Lagoas stop in the village. When the rim is in cloud, the lakes cannot be seen from the viewpoint.
  • The Furnas lake circuit The lake and the hot springs are walks on the valley floor, inland, between the printed stops of two lines that enter the valley from opposite coasts.
  • Walks that start at a printed stop Only walks that begin and end at a printed stop are recommended on this site; the Salto do Prego trail from Faial da Terra depends on a weekday line.

These are measured weather readings, not a service status. We do not infer from a reading whether a bus is running; the operator’s timetable, linked from every line page, is the source for that.

Explore monthly climate and sea temperatures

See the islands

Visit Azores Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

Start with an official visual introduction to all nine islands, then explore São Miguel in detail.

Go Travel Discover Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

See Furnas, Caldeira Velha, Sete Cidades and Lagoa do Fogo before planning a route across São Miguel.

Discover Pico Island with Carlos & Laura Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

Take a visual look around Faial, including Horta and its volcanic coast, before choosing where to go.

In the Mood for Life Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

Spend time with an independent São Miguel travel film before choosing your own lake and garden stops.

Sweet Sour Travel Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

Follow Pico’s basalt-walled vineyards, mountain and coast on film before exploring the Lajido landscape.

AeroG Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

See Flores from the air in this short island film, then use the place pages for trails and ground-level access.

À Descoberta de Portugal Plays via YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

This longer city film traces Angra’s streets and maritime history before a walk through its old centre.

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Watch the official film about cozido cooked in the geothermal ground by Furnas Lake.

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A short official film evokes walking across the islands; check the current trail page before setting out.

Lajes do Pico
Harbour photograph from 2010; the live view loads after activation. Photo: José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Live from Lajes do Pico See the current view from Lajes do Pico harbour. Weather and visibility can change quickly. Espaço Talassa If the camera cannot load, the owner’s page is available. Camera owner

The year at Ponta Delgada, Horta and Angra

Monthly averages from the climate normals IPMA publishes for its three island observatories, read through Wikipedia on the date shown beneath the figure. They describe past years, not a coming one; the daylight row is astronomy, computed from latitude.

Monthly normals at Ponta Delgada (Afonso Chaves Observatory)

Daytime high Days with rain

Monthly normals at Ponta Delgada (Afonso Chaves Observatory): Daytime high (°C), Days with rain.

Daylight

  1. 9.8 h Jan
  2. 10.7 h Feb
  3. 11.8 h Mar
  4. 13.1 h Apr
  5. 14.2 h May
  6. 14.8 h Jun
  7. 14.5 h Jul
  8. 13.6 h Aug
  9. 12.4 h Sep
  10. 11.1 h Oct
  11. 10.1 h Nov
  12. 9.6 h Dec

Day length is computed from the latitude for the middle of each month.

The figures as a table
Month Daytime high (°C) Night low (°C) Rainfall (mm) Days with rain Sunshine (h) Daylight (h)
Jan 17.5 12.7 102.1 13 97 9.8
Feb 17.4 12.1 87.2 10.8 103 10.7
Mar 17.9 12.6 97.1 11.7 120 11.8
Apr 18.8 13.3 79.6 10.2 141 13.1
May 20.2 14.6 61 8.7 174 14.2
Jun 22.4 16.8 44.4 6.6 163 14.8
Jul 24.7 18.9 26 4.8 208 14.5
Aug 26 19.9 45.8 6.5 213 13.6
Sep 25 19.1 78.2 9.4 175 12.4
Oct 22.6 17.1 118 13.7 142 11.1
Nov 19.9 14.9 95.3 11.8 109 10.1
Dec 18.3 13.4 152.8 15 93 9.6

Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera — Wikipedia, "Ponta Delgada", climate table (Weather box) · Normals 1991–2020 · read 2026-10-02 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sunshine — Source: NOAA · Normals 1961–1990

Long-term averages from the published record. They describe a typical year, not a forecast for your dates.

Monthly normals at Horta (Príncipe Alberto do Mónaco Observatory)
Monthly normals at Horta (Príncipe Alberto do Mónaco Observatory)

Daytime high Days with rain

Monthly normals at Horta (Príncipe Alberto do Mónaco Observatory): Daytime high (°C), Days with rain.

Daylight

  1. 9.7 h Jan
  2. 10.7 h Feb
  3. 11.8 h Mar
  4. 13.2 h Apr
  5. 14.3 h May
  6. 14.8 h Jun
  7. 14.6 h Jul
  8. 13.7 h Aug
  9. 12.4 h Sep
  10. 11.1 h Oct
  11. 10 h Nov
  12. 9.5 h Dec

Day length is computed from the latitude for the middle of each month.

The figures as a table
Month Daytime high (°C) Night low (°C) Rainfall (mm) Days with rain Sunshine (h) Daylight (h)
Jan 16.9 12.9 105.4 13.3 91 9.7
Feb 16.7 12.2 92.8 12.2 95 10.7
Mar 16.9 12.5 113.7 13 120 11.8
Apr 17.8 13.1 77.2 10.9 155 13.2
May 19.1 14.4 77.7 9 182 14.3
Jun 21.6 16.6 59 8.4 174 14.8
Jul 24.4 19 41.8 5.5 232 14.6
Aug 25.8 20.2 47.8 6.8 238 13.7
Sep 24.6 19.4 87.9 9.7 178 12.4
Oct 21.9 17.2 132.2 13.6 144 11.1
Nov 19.3 15.1 111.9 11.6 103 10
Dec 17.8 13.6 139.7 15.2 83 9.5

Source: IPMA — Wikipedia, "Horta, Azores", climate table (Weather box) · Normals 1991–2020 · read 2026-10-02 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sunshine — Source: NOAA · Normals 1961–1990

Long-term averages from the published record. They describe a typical year, not a forecast for your dates.

Monthly normals at Angra do Heroísmo (José Agostinho Observatory)
Monthly normals at Angra do Heroísmo (José Agostinho Observatory)

Daytime high Days with rain

Monthly normals at Angra do Heroísmo (José Agostinho Observatory): Daytime high (°C), Days with rain.

Daylight

  1. 9.7 h Jan
  2. 10.7 h Feb
  3. 11.8 h Mar
  4. 13.2 h Apr
  5. 14.3 h May
  6. 14.9 h Jun
  7. 14.6 h Jul
  8. 13.7 h Aug
  9. 12.4 h Sep
  10. 11.1 h Oct
  11. 10 h Nov
  12. 9.5 h Dec

Day length is computed from the latitude for the middle of each month.

The figures as a table
Month Daytime high (°C) Night low (°C) Rainfall (mm) Days with rain Daylight (h)
Jan 16.6 12.5 102.9 12.8 9.7
Feb 16.5 11.9 90.1 11.3 10.7
Mar 16.7 12.2 105.4 12.4 11.8
Apr 17.6 12.8 80.2 10.1 13.2
May 19.1 14.2 77.1 8.2 14.3
Jun 21.5 16.4 50.6 6 14.9
Jul 24.2 18.6 27.3 4.8 14.6
Aug 25.5 19.7 40.9 6.4 13.7
Sep 24.2 18.9 84.3 8.2 12.4
Oct 21.6 16.8 115.5 12.8 11.1
Nov 18.9 14.6 103.7 11.7 10
Dec 17.4 13.2 154.4 14.8 9.5

Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera — Wikipedia, "Angra do Heroísmo", climate table (Weather box) · Normals 1991–2020 · read 2026-10-02 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Long-term averages from the published record. They describe a typical year, not a forecast for your dates.

Azores Bus

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Plan the way back before you set out. Azores Trails warns that many trails have no mobile network except at the start and end; the app keeps every printed return on your phone, offline.

  • Six islands, in one appOperator-sourced schedules, routes and stops for São Miguel, Terceira, Faial, Pico, Santa Maria and Graciosa.
  • Made for offlineTimetables stored on your phone for coast roads and craters with no signal.
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