Fewer crowds
January is quietest.
January, at 20% of the busiest month (August). Low season, under 35% of the peak: November to February.
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Find your month.
What matters most?
Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
Start with July.
#1 of 12 · Balanced · 7.6/10
Overnight stays are 92% of the busiest month.
Based on Região Autónoma dos Açores regional averages.
- Afternoon high
- 78°F
- Sea temperature
- 72°F
- Crowds
- Peak
About 2 rain days in a typical July, with about 15 hours of daylight.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Price context. Historical regional hotel revenue (2024–2025 monthly average): €84 per guest-night. An average, not a booking quote.
Historical averages, not forecasts or live prices.
A regional guide. Figures cover Região Autónoma dos Açores, including São Miguel, Ponta Delgada and Pico. Conditions vary within the region.
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July at a glance
Balanced match #1 · 7.6/10
Overnight stays are 92% of the busiest month.
About 2 rain days in a typical July, with about 15 hours of daylight.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Read the July guide- Afternoon high
- 78°F
- Night low
- 66°F
- Sea temperature
- 72°F
- Rain days
- 2
- Daylight
- 14h 36m
- Crowds
- Peak
All 12 months, on the same measures. Tap a heading to sort or a month to open its guide.Select a month to open its guide. Scroll the table for more detail.
| Rank | Month | Overall | Weather | Crowds | Cost | High | Low | Sea | Rain days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | July | 7.6 | 9.8/10 Excellent | Peak | Moderate | 78°F | 66°F | 72°F | 2 | 14h 36m |
| #2 | August | 7.5 | 10.0/10 Excellent | Peak | Moderate | 80°F | 68°F | 75°F | 5 | 13h 42m |
| #3 | September | 7.4 | 8.8/10 Very good | Busy | Moderate | 77°F | 66°F | 74°F | 8 | 12h 30m |
| #4 | November | 7.4 | 5.7/10 Good | Low | Cheap | 68°F | 58°F | 67°F | 12 | 10h 08m |
| #5 | June | 7.2 | 8.2/10 Very good | Busy | Moderate | 73°F | 62°F | 67°F | 4 | 14h 49m |
| #6 | October | 7.2 | 6.9/10 Good | Moderate | Cheap | 73°F | 62°F | 71°F | 12 | 11h 16m |
| #7 | May | 6.7 | 6.4/10 Good | Busy | Moderate | 69°F | 58°F | 64°F | 9 | 14h 13m |
| #8 | March | 6.7 | 4.7/10 Fair | Moderate | Cheap | 64°F | 54°F | 61°F | 10 | 11h 53m |
| #9 | April | 6.5 | 5.3/10 Good | Moderate | Cheap | 66°F | 55°F | 62°F | 10 | 13h 09m |
| #10 | January | 6.5 | 4.5/10 Fair | Low | Cheap | 64°F | 54°F | 62°F | 14 | 9h 46m |
| #11 | February | 6.4 | 4.4/10 Fair | Low | Cheap | 63°F | 53°F | 61°F | 10 | 10h 45m |
| #12 | December | 6.4 | 4.4/10 Fair | Low | Cheap | 65°F | 55°F | 64°F | 14 | 9h 31m |
Overall follows your priorities. Crowds compare each month with this place's own year. Highs, lows and rain days are historical averages for 2011–2025.
A little perspective
The shape of the year.
Afternoon highNight low
Top balanced match · July
July
- High
- 78°F
- Low
- 66°F
- Rain
- 2 days
- Crowds
- Peak
Some weather measures are unavailable. Gaps in the chart mean no data.
Off season can mean fewer services. Confirm what is open for your dates.
Região Autónoma dos Açores regional averages · Historical patterns, not a forecast. Gaps mean no data. Crowds compare months within this region.
The busiest month records 4.9 times the overnight stays of the quietest.
Very-good-or-better weather scores: June to September. No month has a poor weather score.
Peak-season months: July to August. Low-season months: November to February.
The two busiest months account for 29% of annual overnight stays.
Nonstop flights from the US (2024): all year, from Boston, New York JFK and Newark.
Historical hotel revenue here averaged €87 per guest-night in August and €38 in January.
Euro figures use the 2024–2025 monthly average.
Before you go
Pack a little context.
Good weather
October, outside the busy season.
Very good or better June to September. August has the highest displayed weather score (10.0/10). Highest weather score outside the busy season: October.
Lower prices
January to March.
These are three lower-price months on the historical regional hotel series. The lowest monthly average is €37 in hotel revenue per guest-night in February. It uses the 2024–2025 monthly average. These are average revenues, not current booking quotes.
School holidays
Summer break meets the busy season.
If your dates follow US school breaks: June falls in busy season; July and August fall in peak season. Spring break (March–April) falls in moderate season.
Local families travel too: at least 30% of people in Portugal live where schools are out on a typical day March, June to August and December. Portugal's school calendar for September isn't fully published yet. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)
About these answers
These are historical seasonal patterns. Crowds compare a month with this place's own busiest month; they do not measure queues at individual sights. Weather answers use the displayed weather scores. These seasonal facts stay the same when you change your priorities; your Overall recommendation updates above. Prices retain the scope stated beside them. Full methodology.
Choose your season
The year, season by season.
Winter
Dec–Feb
Low season throughout.
63–65°FAfternoon highs
Spring
Mar–May
A quieter start, a busier finish.
March and April fall in moderate season; May falls in busy season.
64–69°FAfternoon highs
Summer
Jun–Aug
A busy season for visitors.
June falls in busy season; July and August fall in peak season.
73–80°FAfternoon highs
Autumn
Sep–Nov
A busier start, a quieter finish.
September falls in busy season; October falls in moderate season; November falls in low season.
68–77°FAfternoon highs
Ranges span monthly average afternoon highs, not daily extremes. Conditions and seasonal openings vary within Azores.
How we know
The default Balanced Overall weighs weather 50%, crowds 30% and cost 20%. Your priority choice updates the Overall, month ranks and recommendation. While your weather weight is at least 40%, Overall cannot exceed weather by more than 2. Close scores can describe different trip experiences. How the scores work.
| Statistical region | PT20 · Região Autónoma dos Açores |
| Region type | Beach (Eurostat NUTS3 typologies weighted by population: urban 0%, coastal 100%, mountain 100%; median ground height 298 m) |
| Population used | 242,000 (1 January 2025) |
| Crowd reference years | 2024–2025 average |
| How our weather was checked | Official climate averages for Ponta Delgada (Observatorio Afonso Chaves) from the national weather service, every month: afternoon highs typically within 1°F (0.6°C), night lows within 1°F (0.2°C). |
| Climate index | HCI:Beach, observed climatology over 15 years (2011–2025) |
| Hotel occupancy (annual) | 59% |
| Accommodation mix | 74% hotels, 1% camping |
| Hotel rates | INE Portugal, Inquérito à Permanência de Hóspedes: hotel room revenue per guest-night |
| Country price level (restaurants & hotels, EU27 = 100) | 76 |
| Daylight latitude | 38.35° N |
Crowds: Eurostat nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by month and NUTS 2 region, per 1,000 inhabitants, divided by days in the month. "Season here" is the month's figure as a share of this region's busiest month. "Visitors" ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions that month. Weather: Holiday Climate Index (Scott et al. 2016; Rutty et al. 2020) computed from ERA5 reanalysis with daily highs, night lows and rain days corrected from open national weather-service station records and population-weighted to the region. Prices are regional where the page says so (INE Portugal, Inquérito à Permanência de Hóspedes: hotel room revenue per guest-night), otherwise national. Hand-written notes are marked and nothing depends on them. Full method · this region's data.