Portugal
Weather locations in Portugal
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Portugal illustrated weather map
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Climate of Portugal
Country climate guidePortugal faces west into the Atlantic, and the ocean is the single most important fact about its climate. Rain falls mostly in winter, and summer drought is a normal condition across most of the country. From north to south the climate shifts from a wet, mild maritime regime to a hot, dry Mediterranean one, and the interior beyond the mountains is the hottest, driest part.
Main climate types
Köppen's scheme shows a Mediterranean climate along almost all of the coast and a humid variant in the north and centre, where rainfall is higher and summer less dry. The interior plains of Alentejo are the closest approach to a hot semi-arid regime, and the eastern borderlands are drier. The Azores and Madeira have their own oceanic and subtropical profiles, with Azorean rainfall exceeding 2,000 mm a year on the western islands.
Temperatures
Lisbon averages about 11 °C in January and about 25 °C in July, with the Atlantic holding the summer back; the coastal strips rarely see extreme heat. Porto, further north, is cooler, about 9 °C in January and 21 °C in July. The interior is the reverse: Beja and the Alentejo have January means near 9 °C but July and August highs above 35 °C, and temperatures over 40 °C occur on hot days in the eastern plains. Nights in the interior can drop below 5 °C in winter.
Rainfall
Annual totals run from roughly 500 mm on the hot southern coast to over 1,500 mm on the western seaboard and 2,000 mm or more in the Azores. Porto takes in about 1,200 mm and Lisbon around 700 mm, and roughly half of Lisbon's annual total falls between November and March. Snow is rare below the Serra da Estrela, which gets a reliable snow cap and is the country's only real winter-sports area.
When to go
For most visitors, the best months are late May to early July and again in September and October. July and August are hot and full, particularly along the Algarve. The Atlantic north is damp and windy for much of the year, and the best time there is either May or the early autumn. For winter sun, the Algarve and Madeira are warmer and sunnier than the mainland north.