Silves climate — normals and trends
Silves (Portugal) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 498 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Silves averages 1 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
Silves has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 4 August 2018) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 9 January 2009).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
SilvesFaro District
- coords
- 37.19°, -8.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
21.6°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
498mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
12.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.7 °C
Average peak gust
40.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.5 °C
4 August 2018
Coldest day
-2.6 °C
9 January 2009
Wettest day
71 mm
5 November 1997
Windiest day
69.8 km/h
15 February 1941
Strongest gust
121.3 km/h
15 February 1941
Hottest feels-like
45.9 °C
4 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-8.1 °C
4 February 1956
Snowiest day
3.3 cm
2 February 1954
Sunniest day
14.5 h
21 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 118 mm | +57 mm |
| Feb | 17.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 58 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 16.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 167 mm | +102 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 76 mm | +26 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 18 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 30.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 29 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 93 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 15.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 91 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Silves?
Silves has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 498 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Silves?
The hottest day measured in Silves between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2018, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Silves?
The coldest day measured in Silves between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2009, at -2.6 °C.
Does it snow in Silves?
Almost never: Silves sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Silves warmed?
Yes: Silves warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Silves?
The wettest day measured in Silves between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1997, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Silves?
The windiest day measured in Silves between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 69.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Silves?
The warmest month in Silves is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Silves?
Silves receives on average 498 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Silves?
Silves gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Silves?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Silves between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, with 3.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Silves?
Yes: Silves has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Silves?
In Silves, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 4 August 2018, and the lowest was -8.1 °C on 4 February 1956.
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