The sun is still shining in the Algarve, even in the middle of December! Most days it has been around 23°C in the sun. Today (Monday) the shade temperature took a dive down to 9°C, but the skies are clear and blue and the sun is lovely.

December 7th 2009:
19°C in the shade
23°C in the sun
It was a cloudy start but after a shower of rain early in the afternoon the clouds cleared and the sun came out. It was a mild night as the temperature was already 17°C at 7.30am.

December 8th 2009:
17°C in the shade
25°C in the sun
A beautifully sunny start to the day although it did cloud over later in the day.

December 9th 2009:
19°C in the shade
23°C in the sun
Early in the morning we had some misty rain, but by 10am the clouds had cleared and it was a lovely sunny day with brilliant blue skies. As it went dark a fairly thick fog came down.

December 10th 2009:
17°C in the shade
23°C in the sun
A lovely sunny day with a slightly cool breeze. Blue skies.

December 11th 2009:
17°C in the shade
23°C in the sun
It was a slightly overcast start to the day (the photo was taken about 9.30am) but by mid-morning the clouds had gone, the sun was out and the skies were blue!
December 12th 2009:
17°C in the shade
22°C in the sun
A few clouds around but in the whole a slightly breezy but sunny day

December 13th 2009:
19°C in the shade
22°C in the sun
A lovely day with a few clouds around to go with the sunshine. (Hobbes admiring the view again!)

December 14th 2009:
9°C in the shade
19°C in the sun
Beautiful blue skies today, but a really cool breeze - down a whole 10°C from yesterday!