Braga climate
Braga is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.8 °C. October is the wettest month (211 mm) and July the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Braga averages 1,543 mm of rain, 66 days above 25 °C and 13 days below freezing.
Portugal · population 193,324 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 26 °C
- Coldest month January 3.8 °C
- Driest month July 27 mm
- Wettest month October 211 mm
- Least cloud July 32 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 39 °C
- Coldest on record March -4.4 °C
What to expectBraga through the year
Braga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 26 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 66 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C, 13 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 211 mm against 27 mm in July — 7.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9 °C | 194 mm | 59 % |
| February | 13.1 °C | 124 mm | 55 % |
| March | 15.8 °C | 146 mm | 56 % |
| April | 17.1 °C | 143 mm | 56 % |
| May | 19.9 °C | 120 mm | 54 % |
| June | 23.4 °C | 50 mm | 45 % |
| July | 26.1 °C | 27 mm | 32 % |
| August | 26.5 °C | 40 mm | 34 % |
| September | 23.9 °C | 79 mm | 45 % |
| October | 19.4 °C | 211 mm | 57 % |
| November | 14.7 °C | 203 mm | 59 % |
| December | 12.5 °C | 206 mm | 61 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9 °C | 3.8 °C | 7.5 °C | 20.1 °C | -4.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| February | 13.1 °C | 3.9 °C | 8.2 °C | 21.7 °C | -4.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| March | 15.8 °C | 5.9 °C | 10.6 °C | 24.8 °C | -4.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 17.1 °C | 7.6 °C | 12.3 °C | 28.2 °C | 0.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 19.9 °C | 10.2 °C | 15.2 °C | 31.9 °C | 2.1 °C | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 23.4 °C | 13.2 °C | 18.4 °C | 35.3 °C | 5.8 °C | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 26.1 °C | 15.1 °C | 20.7 °C | 37.5 °C | 8.3 °C | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 26.5 °C | 15.4 °C | 20.9 °C | 39.2 °C | 8.2 °C | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 23.9 °C | 13.7 °C | 18.6 °C | 36.8 °C | 4.5 °C | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 19.4 °C | 10.7 °C | 14.8 °C | 32.1 °C | 2.1 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 14.7 °C | 7.1 °C | 10.6 °C | 22.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 12.5 °C | 4.8 °C | 8.3 °C | 19.2 °C | -4.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 194 mm | 13 | 9.5 h/day | 59 % | 85 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 124 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 55 % | 81 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 146 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 78 % | 16 km/h |
| April | 143 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 56 % | 77 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 120 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 54 % | 77 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 50 mm | 7 | 15 h/day | 45 % | 74 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 27 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 32 % | 71 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 40 mm | 5 | 14 h/day | 34 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 79 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 45 % | 74 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 211 mm | 13 | 11 h/day | 57 % | 81 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 203 mm | 13 | 9.9 h/day | 59 % | 84 % | 16 km/h |
| December | 206 mm | 13 | 9.2 h/day | 61 % | 85 % | 16 km/h |
Where Braga ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in June | 5thof 50 | 92/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in July | 11thof 50 | 90/100 |
| The warmest places in Europe in March | 27thof 50 | 16 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in February | 31stof 50 | 13 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in January | 38thof 50 | 12 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in December | 41stof 50 | 13 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Braga.
QuestionsCommon questions about Braga’s climate
When is the best time to visit Braga?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Braga get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 19 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 3.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 13 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Braga?
October, averaging 211 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,543 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Braga rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.