Walking season begins, and so does the limpet closure, on 1 December. Vila Baleira switches on its Christmas lights, opens the Christmas market and sees the year out with fireworks over the beach and the harbour.
🌡️ The weather in December
- Mean temperature
- 17.1 °C
- Mean daily high
- 19.4 °C
- Mean daily low
- 14.9 °C
- Rain in the month
- 62.5 mm
- Days with rain (≥ 1 mm)
- 9
- Days reaching 25 °C
- 0
- Nights staying above 20 °C
- 0
Climate normals 1991-2020, measured at Porto Santo airport (78 m): thirty-year averages, not a forecast.
🌊 The sea
- Mean water temperature
- 19.9 °C
Monthly mean of ten years of measurements, not today’s temperature.
☀️ Daylight
- Sunrise
- 08:01
- Sunset
- 18:00
- Length of day
- 9 h 59 min
Computed for the island on 15 December, in local time.
For today’s weather and the days ahead, see the live weather. Porto Santo weather today →
📅 What’s on in December
Dates are those of the latest published edition.
- 16Dec🎭 Culture🔁 Every year
🎭 Christmas plays by the schools
📍 Vila Baleira — Sporting Clube hall · 16 December 2025 · Free
- 17Dec🏃 Sport🔁 Every year
🏃 Volta à Cidade — Eduardo Faustino race
📍 Vila Baleira — start at Largo das Palmeiras · 17 December 2025
- 18Dec🍷 Food🔁 Every year
🎁 Christmas market
📍 Vila Baleira — town centre · 18 December 2025 · Free
- 5Dec⛪ Tradition⭐ Featured🔁 Every year
🎄 Christmas Lights
📍 Vila Baleira · 5 – 30 December 2026 · Free
- 31Dec🎉 Festival⭐ Featured🔁 Every year
🎆 New Year — Fireworks
📍 Porto Santo Beach · 31 December 2026 – 1 January 2027 · Free