Alcabideche weather in August

In August, Alcabideche sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Alcabideche's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alcabideche's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
23%
2nd clearest
Wind
24 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Alcabideche is town in Alcabideche freguesia, Portugal.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Alcabideche reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Alcabideche weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 12°8110.29.64.3
Feb14° / 12°608.210.54.3
Mar15° / 13°568.111.74.7
Apr15° / 14°507.8135.1
May17° / 15°405.414.16.1
Jun18° / 17°81.814.77.5
Jul19° / 18°20.614.48.2
Aug19° / 18°40.813.58.2
Sep19° / 18°273.812.37.5
Oct19° / 17°809116.3
Nov17° / 15°9510.69.95.3
Dec15° / 13°8910.69.34.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Alcabideche gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

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Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 24 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 7:45 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:427:45
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513.95:467:41
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1213.75:527:33
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.51 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Alcabideche

In seasonPeak

None of Alcabideche's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Alcabideche's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Alcabideche?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Alcabideche for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Alcabideche in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Alcabideche sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 18°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Alcabideche in August

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 19°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

14°16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr15Cool
May16Cool
Jun18Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep19Cool
Oct18Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Alcabideche in August

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Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alcabideche peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
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Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alcabideche?

Alcabideche sits at 38.7°N, 9.4°W, 122 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Monte Estoril, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Alcabideche

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alcabideche.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alcabideche has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 513 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Alcabideche is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, water (52%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
247 m
16 km
513 m
80 km
656 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Monte Estoril 3.0 km · Estoril 3.0 km · Cascais 4.0 km · Parede 7.0 km · São Domingos de Rana 7.0 km · Rio de Mouro 8.0 km · Sintra 8.0 km · Carcavelos 9.0 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 60% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$32,082
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
8.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 612
Religion
Catholic 68%not applicable 13%no religion 12%no response 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alcabideche (38.7337°, -9.4093°, elevation 122 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).