Madeira · Portugal
Where to stay in Funchal
Funchal is a city in Madeira, Portugal, home to about 112,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Funchal.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- April to September
- Nearest airport
- FNC14 km · Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Language
- Portuguese
Where to stay
Places to stay in Funchal
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Barceló Funchal Oldtown hotel |
| Quinta Funchal Gardens - Adults Only hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Funchal
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Funchal are April to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; December is the wettest, with about 102 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Funchal: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC), about 14 km from the city centre in a straight line; Porto Santo Airport (PXO, 71 km) is also within reach.
FNC · Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport
PXO · Porto Santo Airport
Questions
Funchal: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Funchal?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Funchal are April to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; December is the wettest, with about 102 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Funchal?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport (FNC), about 14 km from the city centre in a straight line; Porto Santo Airport (PXO, 71 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Funchal?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Funchal
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.