According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Portugal is April to May and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Portugal
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Portugal is best for
Vibrant historic streets in Lisbon, scenic coastal drives, and dramatic levada mountain hikes across Madeira.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Portugal by month
Monthly averages around Lisbon; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 13 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| February | about 13 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| March | about 14 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| April best | about 15 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| May best | about 17 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| June | about 19 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| July | about 20 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| August | about 20 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| September best | about 20 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| October best | about 19 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| November | about 16 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| December | about 14 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Portugal
- Capital
- Lisbon
- Language
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time
- UTC+0, UTC+1 in summer (most of the country)
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +351
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Portugal
Miško’s huddle has hidden 8 painted penguin stones in Portugal so far. See them on Penguinstones →