The honest answer to when you should fly Birmingham to Funchal is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, Jun-Aug, Nov gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Funchal.
Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Funchal’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is August (average high 26°C), the coolest is March (average low 13°C), and the wettest is March (144 mm).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Birmingham high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 15°C | 87 mm | 14 | 6°C |
| February | 19°C | 14°C | 52 mm | 8 | 9°C |
| March | 18°C | 13°C | 144 mm | 21 | 11°C |
| April | 19°C | 14°C | 52 mm | 13 | 14°C |
| May | 20°C | 15°C | 88 mm | 13 | 18°C |
| June good | 23°C | 18°C | 35 mm | 10 | 21°C |
| July good | 25°C | 20°C | 26 mm | 8 | 23°C |
| August good | 26°C | 21°C | 22 mm | 7 | 22°C |
| September | 24°C | 20°C | 67 mm | 15 | 18°C |
| October | 25°C | 20°C | 76 mm | 13 | 14°C |
| November good | 22°C | 17°C | 77 mm | 10 | 10°C |
| December | 19°C | 15°C | 106 mm | 15 | 9°C |
Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.
Funchal keeps the same clock time as Birmingham, so there is no adjustment to plan for and the date you choose is purely about weather and price.
We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:
Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Birmingham–Funchal, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
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