The island of Madeira, because of its privileged geographical position and mountainous relief, have a surprisingly mild climate.Very mild average temperatures, 25ºC in the summer and 17ºC in the winter, and a moderate level of humidity, confer upon this island exceptional subtropical features.
The seawater temperature is also very mild, because of the influence of the warm Gulf current, presenting averages of 22ºC in the summer and 18º in the winter.
Filling the city of Vila Baleira and its beach with the spirit of the sixteenth-century, the Columbus Festival pays homage to the time when the Genoese merchant lived on the island of Porto Santo.
Between the 1st and 3rd of September, will set sail, at Santa Cruz bay, the Youth and Junior National Championship for Optimist and Bic Techno dinghies.
