Shoulder season. October is a solid shoulder-season choice for Algarve. In October, Algarve averages 20°C, with about 10 hours of sunshine a day and roughly 1.5 rainy days a week. Here's what those numbers mean for a trip.
That's about 1.6°C warmer than Algarve's yearly average — October sits among its hotter months.
Pack layers — warm days, cooler evenings — plus light rain cover.
October is a solid shoulder-season choice for Algarve. It averages 20°C with 10 hours of sun a day and about 1.5 rainy days a week.
Algarve averages 20°C in October, based on roughly twenty years of climate records.
Expect about 1.5 rainy days a week in October, with 10 hours of sunshine a day on average.