Best time to visit Portugal

Portugal does not have a single best season. Its 7 destinations peak across 3 different months, which means an itinerary that moves around the country will be in the right season for some of it and the wrong one for the rest — worth building the route around.

Averaged across every destination listed, Portugal is at its best in June, scoring 92 out of 100, with July close behind at 88. January is the weakest month nationally at 62. The workable window is wide — 4 months sit within eight points of the best — so a trip covering several of these places has room to move.

There is real variation inside Portugal: 23 °C annually in Évora against 18 °C in Lisbon. Rainfall is broadly similar throughout, from 67 wet days a year in Faro to 120 in Braga.