Climate
Figueira da Foz has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) characterized by mild, rainy winters and dry, warm summers. The annual average temperature is around 15 °C (59 °F) and the annual average rainfall is about 600 mm (24 in). The sea surface temperature varies from 14–15 °C (57–59 °F) in January and February to 18–19 °C (64–66 °F) in the August and September. In the summer afternoons moderate to (occasionally) strong north-westerly winds are common.
| Climate data for Figueira da Foz | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
36.0 (96.8) |
29.2 (84.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.1 (31.8) |
−3 (26.6) |
0.4 (32.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3 (26.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 93.3 (3.673) |
61.3 (2.413) |
84.3 (3.319) |
47.1 (1.854) |
44.4 (1.748) |
16.9 (0.665) |
5.4 (0.213) |
9.0 (0.354) |
29.4 (1.157) |
66.7 (2.626) |
81.0 (3.189) |
88.5 (3.484) |
627.1 (24.689) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 83 |
| Source: INMG, 1931-1960 Climatology | |||||||||||||
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