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Madeira, without the guesswork

Live cameras, verified prices, real bus routes and the weather at altitude — a Madeira site that checks its facts against the source, and says when it could not.

  • Every price, fee and timetable here was read from the source document, and carries the date we read it.
  • Where an official source contradicts itself, we say so and show you both versions.
  • Where we could not verify something, we leave it out rather than repeat it.

Live right now

The harbour, the runway and the mountain — the three views that tell you what kind of day the island is having.

The cruise berth itself. If a ship is alongside, you will see it here.

Camera operated by Portal Netmadeira

Out on the high plateau — the only live camera up there, and the catchment the 25 Fontes levada drains.

Camera operated by Portal Netmadeira

The north coast, where the swell arrives first and hardest.

Camera operated by Portal Netmadeira

The cameras are hosted on YouTube, so opening this page contacts Google. Optional analytics is separate and loads only if you allow it.

See every camera on the island

The questions people actually ask

Six answers, each on a page that shows its working.

Madeira month by month

Twelve pages, each with IPMA’s own figures for the coast and for the mountain, the sea temperature, and what is on.

Or see the whole events calendar

Three ways in

The site is arranged as three shelves. Most visits start on one of them.

Plan

Before you come, and the parts that go wrong.

Go

What there is to do, and what it costs.

Places

The island from wherever you actually are.

What we checked

Three examples of the work. They are why the rest of the site reads the way it does.

Cabo Girão has cost €2, €3 and €5 — each of them correct in its turn. That is why every fact here carries the day we read it.

What we checked, and when

One shopping-centre address travel sites still print, dolcevita.pt, is live and is now an online casino. We name it and refuse to link it.

Shopping centres

Of the 14 bathing places we list, 5 have no assured lifeguard cover — stated in a footnote of the national portaria, and almost nowhere else.

The lifeguard table