Portugal travel tips

Best time to visit Portugal

Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Portugal agrees on Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.

PlaceJFMAMJJASONDIn words
LisbonMarch to May, September to OctoberMarch to May, September to October
PortoMay to June, September to OctoberMay to June, September to October
SintraApril to June, and September to October — the hill makes its own cloud and the summer days are the busiest in PortugalApril to June, and September to October — the hill makes its own cloud and the summer days are the busiest in Portugal
AlgarveApril to June, and September to October (mild and open all year)April to June, and September to October (mild and open all year)
MadeiraApril to October, and mild enough to visit in any month of the yearApril to October, and mild enough to visit in any month of the year
AzoresJune to September — whales pass in spring, and it rains here in every month of the yearJune to September — whales pass in spring, and it rains here in every month of the year
Douro ValleyMay to June, and September for the harvest — the summer heat in the gorge is severeMay to June, and September for the harvest — the summer heat in the gorge is severe

best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.

The guides in Portugal

yellow and white tram on road during daytimeLisbonPortugalHills, tiles, and pastéis de nataboats docked near seaside promenade]PortoPortugalPort wine, tiled facades, and a river worth staring atgray and yellow castle at the top of a hillSintraPortugalPalaces in a misty hill forest above Lisbon, one of them painted like a fairgroundOchre sandstone stacks and arches above clear water at Ponta da Piedade in the AlgarveAlgarvePortugalOchre cliffs, hidden coves and three hundred days of sun at the bottom of Europegreen and yellow boat on body of water during daytimeMadeiraPortugalA volcanic wall in the Atlantic, laced with irrigation channels you can walk for daysempty road beside green trees and blue body of water during daytimeAzoresPortugalNine green volcanic islands in the middle of the Atlantic, with crater lakes and whales offshorea large body of water surrounded by a lush green hillsideDouro ValleyPortugalTerraced vineyards falling into a river gorge, worked by hand since before port had a name