São Jorge Island

Portugal

A dramatic Azorean island defined by sheer green cliffs dropping into flat coastal fajas.

Warmest month is August at 26°C on average. Coolest is January at 17°C. Driest reading falls in June with 5 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January17°±2°12
February17°±2°12
March17°±2°10
April18°±2°10
May19°±2°9
June22°±2°5
July24°±2°5
August26°±2°6
September24°±2°9
October22°±3°11
November20°±2°12
December18°±2°13

What to do

  • Hike down the steep trail to Faja da Caldeira de Santo Cristo
  • Taste the famously sharp local Sao Jorge cheese
  • Swim in isolated natural ocean pools carved from basalt

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.