Ponta do Sol
Ponta do Sol, the sunniest village on Madeira, seen on a live webcam: pebble beach, seafront, banana terraces.
About this view
The name means Point of the Sun, and Ponta do Sol earns it: this village on the south coast of Madeira is reckoned the sunniest spot on the island. The live cam takes in the pebble beach and its jetty, the seafront with its cafés, the village centre above and the banana terraces climbing the ravine behind.
Waves break on the stones all day, and the sound carries up the valley; swimmers use the beach in summer, and the seafront fills for a drink around sunset, when the cliffs to the west go orange. Ponta do Sol has become Madeira's digital nomad village, so the terraces are busy with laptops in the mornings and the promenade with strollers in the evening.
Madeira keeps Western European Time, UTC+0, UTC+1 in summer, the same clock as Lisbon. The sun sets over the sea to the west from about 18:00 UTC in December and 20:00 UTC in June, and the seafront is at its best in that last hour. Some 8,000 people live in the municipality, and bananas remain its crop.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Ponta do Sol live cam located?
- The camera looks over Ponta do Sol, Madeira, in Portugal. Its position is 32.679°N, 17.101°W, which you can open on our world map.
- What time is it at the Ponta do Sol camera?
- Ponta do Sol, Madeira runs on UTC+1, and the live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time and whether it is day or night there. It is worth checking before you watch: this view changes completely between the middle of the night and the busiest hours of the day.
- Are there other live cams near Ponta do Sol, Madeira?
- Yes — the closest ones are Lanzarote Airport & Ocean, Portimão Marina and Albufeira Beach. They are listed under "Nearby cams" further down this page, and every camera we carry is plotted on the world map.
- Is this stream really live?
- Yes. This is a real 24/7 live feed broadcast by Portal Netmadeira, played through the official YouTube player — free, no account needed. Every stream in our catalogue is checked automatically before each update to confirm it is still live and watchable.
