Algarve in December

[belmontian]

Has anyone been at this time? I want a bit of winter sun, been to Spain and Morocco in winter and they were both lovely. I'm not looking for sunbathing/beach weather, just not pouring down and damp the whole time.

I wouldn't think it was a winter sun destination. It might be sunny but could equally rain for a week.
I would head further south to the Canaries for more reliable weather. It won't be scorching swimming weather but you should get warm sunshine.

We love Algarve in winter time. We have been going there each year for the last 6 years. Always dec- Feb time. Empty beaches, plenty of sunshine.

I live in the Algarve and winter is my favourite time, it can be lovely with 20+ degrees daytime, but it can also lash down. When we live here it doesn't matter as we know it won't last for long, but if you were only here for a short time, you are taking a risk

We were planning to go for one week. In Spain it rained a few times but dried up fairly quickly which was fine. Don't want a solid week of pouring rain though!

Thanks for the replies

It would probably be similar here - it doesn't usually rain every day for a week, or even all day, but when it rains, it rains

It can be amazing in the Algarve in December. We were out here one year just before Christmas and had solid blue skies and t shirt wearing on the beach for the whole week. Cold at night so need some sort of heating in the accommodation. But really not guaranteed.

It can be very rainy in December! But weather can change on a knife edge. We are in Luz and it can be hideous one minute and fabulous the next!

Purple I don't mind rain (especially that warm, old-man-with-prostate-tinkling type rain) but I don't want it to pour down all day every day IYKWIM? The rain we had in Spain was very acceptable, it bucketed for about an hour and then the sun came out and there was no trace of it several hours later. Is it like that in Portugal? Or more the english winter s of gloom and drear for a week?

More like the Spanish type