Climate

Portugal has a mild climate with no great variations in temperature but even so there are regional differences in climate and temperature.

The north has an Atlantic climate, the centre has a transition climate influenced by the Atlantic and Mediterranean and the south offers a mediterranic climate but with milder temperatures. July and August are the hottest and driest months all over the territory (20º - 37º).

Generally winters are soft and wet, influenced by north Atlantic tempests at the see shore and by continental cold at the interior. Azores and Madeira have privileged climate conditions which make them international tourist places, known all over the world, namely Madeira, because of its Carnival and Fests New years eve.

The Azores islands are known by meteorologists because of its anticyclone that influences the weather at the Atlantic part of Europe.