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Short answer
- Best overall
- LagosAlgarve: warmest mainland mean, quietest of the 10
- Mildest nights
- FunchalMadeira: 17.5 °C (64 °F) by day, 15.5 °C (60 °F) at night
- Biggest day-night swing
- Evora16.9 °C (62 °F) by day, 5.8 °C (42 °F) at night
- Wettest
- Porto3.4 mm of rain a day
Portugal in February is cool, wet in the north and quiet. Lagos edges Funchal on our score, 0.32 to 0.31, so the mainland wins by a hair. Treat the top two as a tie and pick on crowds: Lagos has 23% of its busiest month, Funchal 71%. We have no sea-temperature data, so we cannot say whether you can swim.
Is February a good time to visit Portugal?
February is a good time for a quiet trip and a poor one for warm weather, because by our rule no city scores above 0.32 on a scale that runs from 0 to 1. The two leaders differ most in how full they are.
| Lagos | Funchal | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| Typical high | 15.9 °C (61 °F) | 17.5 °C (64 °F) |
| Typical low | 12.6 °C (55 °F) | 15.5 °C (60 °F) |
| Rain a day | 1.9 mm | 1.6 mm |
| Share of busiest month | 23% | 71% |
Funchal is warmer by day and night and a little drier. Lagos is the quietest of the 10 cities. The Lagos best-time page and the Funchal best-time page show all 12 months for each.
How the 10 cities rank for February
| # | City | High | Low | Rain a day | How busy | Score | February in its year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lagos | 15.9 °C 61 °F | 12.6 °C 55 °F | 1.9 mm | 23% | 0.32 | 6 of 12 |
| 2 | Funchal | 17.5 °C 64 °F | 15.5 °C 60 °F | 1.6 mm | 71% | 0.31 | 8 of 12 |
| 3 | Cascais | 15.4 °C 60 °F | 11.4 °C 53 °F | 1.8 mm | 41% | 0.24 | 8 of 12 |
| 4 | Faro | 16.3 °C 61 °F | 11.4 °C 53 °F | 1.9 mm | 46% | 0.23 | 10 of 12 |
| 5 | Sintra | 15.7 °C 60 °F | 9.5 °C 49 °F | 1.9 mm | 45% | 0.18 | 9 of 12 |
| 6 | Evora | 16.9 °C 62 °F | 5.8 °C 42 °F | 1.8 mm | 46% | 0.08 | 10 of 12 |
| 7 | Aveiro | 15.1 °C 59 °F | 8.2 °C 47 °F | 3.2 mm | 38% | 0.08 | 9 of 12 |
| 8 | Porto | 14.4 °C 58 °F | 8.7 °C 48 °F | 3.4 mm | 50% | 0.06 | 8 of 12 |
| 9 | Coimbra | 13.9 °C 57 °F | 4.6 °C 40 °F | 2.9 mm | 47% | 0.00 | 10 of 12 |
| 10 | Braga | 12.4 °C 54 °F | 3.5 °C 38 °F | 3.3 mm | 47% | 0.00 | 9 of 12 |
We ranked the 10 cities with one rule: mild, dry and not too full scores best. The table shows the high and the low, while the score uses a separate long-term mean of day and night, so it can read colder than sites that print only the high. Typical highs run from 12.4 °C (54 °F) in Braga to 17.5 °C (64 °F) in Funchal.
What is the weather like in Portugal in February?
Typical February highs run from 12.4 °C (54 °F) in Braga to 17.5 °C (64 °F) in Funchal, and the rain runs from 1.6 mm a day in Funchal to 3.4 mm in Porto. The north is the wet part. The south, the Lisbon area and the inland city of Evora get 1.8 to 1.9 mm a day.
Porto and the north
Porto has highs of 14.4 °C (58 °F) and lows of 8.7 °C (48 °F), and gets 3.4 mm of rain a day. Braga gets 3.3 mm, Aveiro 3.2 mm and Coimbra 2.9 mm. The Porto best-time page shows the rest of the year.
The Algarve and the Lisbon area
- Lagos: highs of 15.9 °C (61 °F), lows of 12.6 °C (55 °F), 1.9 mm of rain a day.
- Faro: highs of 16.3 °C (61 °F), lows of 11.4 °C (53 °F), 1.9 mm. See the Faro best-time page.
- Cascais: highs of 15.4 °C (60 °F), lows of 11.4 °C (53 °F), 1.8 mm. See the Cascais guide.
- Sintra: highs of 15.7 °C (60 °F), lows of 9.5 °C (49 °F), 1.9 mm. See the Sintra guide.
Madeira
Funchal is the warmest city of the 10, with highs of 17.5 °C (64 °F), lows of 15.5 °C (60 °F) and a mean of 16.1 °C (61 °F). On the mainland, the warmest across day and night is Lagos, with a mean of 13.6 °C (56 °F).
Can you sunbathe in the Algarve in February?
Our data cannot say. Lagos has a typical February high of 15.9 °C (61 °F) and Faro 16.3 °C (61 °F), and both get 1.9 mm of rain a day. We have no sunshine, UV or sea-temperature data for these cities, so we do not call it sunbathing weather.
What should you wear in Portugal in February?
Pack for the gap between day and night, not for the daytime high. The swing from the daily high to the night low is 11.1 °C in Evora and only 2.0 °C in Funchal.
| City | High | Low | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evora | 16.9 °C (62 °F) | 5.8 °C (42 °F) | 11.1 °C |
| Coimbra | 13.9 °C (57 °F) | 4.6 °C (40 °F) | 9.3 °C |
| Braga | 12.4 °C (54 °F) | 3.5 °C (38 °F) | 8.9 °C |
| Aveiro | 15.1 °C (59 °F) | 8.2 °C (47 °F) | 6.9 °C |
| Sintra | 15.7 °C (60 °F) | 9.5 °C (49 °F) | 6.2 °C |
| Porto | 14.4 °C (58 °F) | 8.7 °C (48 °F) | 5.7 °C |
| Faro | 16.3 °C (61 °F) | 11.4 °C (53 °F) | 4.9 °C |
| Cascais | 15.4 °C (60 °F) | 11.4 °C (53 °F) | 4.0 °C |
| Lagos | 15.9 °C (61 °F) | 12.6 °C (55 °F) | 3.3 °C |
| Funchal | 17.5 °C (64 °F) | 15.5 °C (60 °F) | 2.0 °C |
- Inland, Evora has the second-warmest afternoons of the 10, yet its nights fall to 5.8 °C (42 °F). Bring a warm layer for the evening.
- In the north, add a rain jacket. Porto gets 3.4 mm of rain a day.
- Phone data: our page on eSIM options for Portugal compares two brands on what their own pages say.
Is Portugal crowded in February?
Not very. We measure crowds as overnight stays from Statistics Portugal (INE), as a share of each city’s busiest month, which is August in every city. By that count every city is below its August level, and 9 of the 10 are at or below 50%. Funchal is the exception.
- Quietest: Lagos, at 23% of its busiest month.
- Fullest: Funchal, at 71%, the same city that scores second.
- Fullest on the mainland: Porto, at 50%.
Is it better to visit Portugal in February or March?
| City | Score, February | Score, March | Busy, February | Busy, March |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 0.32 | 0.28 | 23% | 39% |
| Funchal | 0.31 | 0.29 | 71% | 81% |
| Cascais | 0.24 | 0.24 | 41% | 56% |
| Faro | 0.23 | 0.23 | 46% | 58% |
| Sintra | 0.18 | 0.20 | 45% | 57% |
| Evora | 0.08 | 0.17 | 46% | 57% |
| Aveiro | 0.08 | 0.11 | 38% | 51% |
| Porto | 0.06 | 0.07 | 50% | 67% |
| Coimbra | 0.00 | 0.05 | 47% | 62% |
| Braga | 0.00 | 0.01 | 47% | 57% |
March scores higher in 6 cities: Sintra, Evora, Aveiro, Porto, Coimbra and Braga. February scores higher in 2, Lagos and Funchal, and the other 2 tie: Cascais and Faro. The cost is crowds. We compared overnight stays from INE for February and March in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and March is fuller in all 10 cities. In Lagos the share of the busiest month rises from 23% to 39%, and in Porto from 50% to 67%. For the full month, see Portugal in March. For the month before, see Portugal in January.
What we cannot tell you yet
Can you swim in Portugal in February? We have no sea-temperature data for these cities, and air temperature does not tell you the water temperature, so we do not guess.
What is the cheapest month to visit Portugal? INE counts overnight stays, not prices. Demand in February runs from 23% of the busiest month in Lagos to 71% in Funchal, but we have no monthly price data. For one city’s costs, see what a trip to Porto costs.
Is there anything on? We have no sourced event data, so this page does not cover festivals or holiday opening hours.
Figures as of October 2026. Our climate figures are for a grid square of 0.5 by 0.625 degrees, about 56 by 54 km, not a city weather station. Near the coast that square mixes in sea air, so day and night are closer together than in town. Lisbon is not in our 10 cities.
How we made this page
Our script read two open sources for each of the 10 cities and ranked them on the same best-time score as each city's own page. Highs and lows are averages of every February day from 2015 to 2024. The swing is the high minus the low. The crowd figure is February overnight stays as a share of the city's busiest month, from INE data for 2023 to 2025. We have not visited these cities for this page.
Research and first drafts are AI-assisted. Every figure comes from open data listed on the page with its source and date, and a person reviews each page before it goes live.
- NASA POWER, monthly climatology (mean temperature, rain)NASA POWER data use policy (open, attribution required). Fetched .
- NASA POWER, daily data 2015-2024 (daytime high, night low)NASA POWER data use policy (open, attribution required). Fetched .
- NASA POWER methodology page (grid size)NASA POWER data use policy (open, attribution required). Fetched .
- INE, Statistics Portugal, overnight stays (indicator 0010735)CC BY 4.0. Fetched .