CLIMATE

Mainland Portugal has a pleasant climate with long hot summers and mild winters. In the north winters are cool and wet; heading further south temperatures increase and rainfall decreases all the way down to the Algarve where it rarely falls below freezing. Further inland, a more Continental climate prevails with summers hotter and winters colder than coastal regions. Madeira is rainy in the north, warmer and drier in the south, and the Azores are mild with year-round rainfall and strong winds.

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