Lisbon: The mild weather is to continue in the capital over the weekend with temperatures peaking at 23 degrees on Saturday and 22 degrees on Sunday when there will be intermittent cloud cover and sunny spells. From Monday the temperatures are to begin to fall, with highs of 17 degrees forecast for Tuesday.

The north: Rain earlier in the week is to ease by Friday with highs of 22 degrees expected on Friday and Saturday and only a slight chance of rain. On Sunday it will be feeling slightly cooler with highs of 21 degrees and lows of 11 degrees. Sunny spells and intermittent cloud is predicted for the remainder of the week.

The centre: Sunny spells are on the cards on Saturday when temperatures are to peak at 19 degrees. On Sunday clear skies are forecast with highs of 21 degrees and lows of 9 degrees. Cloud cover is to increase from Monday with average daily highs of 15 degrees and dropping to nightly lows of 7 degrees.

The south: Following the hazy cloud of Thursday and Friday there will be clear skies over the weekend with temperatures reaching highs of 24 degrees and lows of 15 degrees. Cloud cover is set to increase from Monday and temperatures are to fall from Tuesday to highs of 21 degrees and lows of 10 degrees.

Madeira: The weather is to remain stable over the weekend, with highs of 25 degrees and lows of 19 degrees. The sunny spells and intermittent cloud is to continue into the following week but temperatures are to drop from Tuesday down to highs of 20 degrees.

The Azores: Rain is to continue over the weekend, although showers will be less intense than earlier in the week. From Monday the rain is to ease and intermittent sunny spells are expected with average daily highs of 20 degrees.