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THE ALGARVE · SEPTEMBER · 37.0° N September is the month the Algarve calendar closes something. On the 30th, the lifeguard season written into the 2026 official gazette ends in nine councils at once, from Lagos and Lagoa around to Tavira and Olhão. Until that date the coast behaves like summer with the volume turned … Read more
THE ALGARVE · AUGUST · 37.0° N August is the month the Algarve puts on its posters: an average high of 84.6°F at Faro, 0.12 inches of rain for the entire month, and lifeguards posted from Aljezur to Tavira. It is also the month all of Europe agrees to arrive at once. What the month … Read more
THE ALGARVE · JULY · IPMA NORMALS 1991-2020 July on the Algarve is the month the water lags behind the air. The official normal at Faro puts the average high at 84.9°F and the average low at 67.3°F, with 0.04 inches of rain for the entire month, while the sea off the coast averages 66.8°F. … Read more
THE ALGARVE · JUNE · 37.0° N June is the month Algarve swimming becomes official. On the first of the month, by order of the national gazette, lifeguards go on duty at listed beaches in Lagos, Lagoa, Loulé, Faro, Olhão, Tavira, Silves, Aljezur and Vila do Bispo. Albufeira’s 25 listed beaches have been covered since … Read more
THE ALGARVE · MAY · IPMA STATION 554 By mid-May the Algarve has its afternoons back. The official Faro thermometer puts the month at 74.3°F by day, rain has thinned to under four days, and the sun is up for more than fourteen hours. What the coast has not got back is its water: the … Read more
THE ALGARVE · MARCH · 37.0° N March is the month the Algarve stops being a winter coast and starts being a spring one, without yet becoming a beach coast. The official normals put the average high at 66.0°F and the average low at 51.4°F: shirtsleeves at lunch, a jacket by nine. Cliff paths are … Read more
