Portugal Compare Alter do Chão vs Pinheiro Grande Alter do Chão vs Pinheiro Grande: which town suits you? Alter do Chão has more grocery stores on foot, more restaurants on foot and cheaper homes to buy; Pinheiro Grande has warmer winters, cooler summer nights and a closer bus station.
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Choose Alter do Chão if you want + More grocery stores within a 15-minute walk (4, against 1) + More restaurants within a 15-minute walk (7, against 2) + Cheaper homes to buy in the municipality (€488/m², against €911/m²) Choose Pinheiro Grande if you want + Warmer winters (14°C January highs, against 13°C) + Cooler summer nights (10 nights a year above 20°C, against 23) + A bus station closer by (5.7 km, against 22 km) + Less recorded crime in the municipality (26.9 per 1,000 residents, against 34.8) Side by side Bold marks the better value where one is clearly better and both values are precise.
Climate Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020 Measure Alter do Chão Pinheiro Grande January high 13°C 14°C January low 5°C 6°C July high 32°C 31°C Days above 35°C a year 28 25 Nights above 20°C a year 23 10 Frost days a year 1 1 Days with rain a year 82 86 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 25 min 9 h 23 min Sea in August – –
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Alter do Chão Pinheiro Grande Grocery stores 4 1 Pharmacies 0 0 Doctors and clinics 0 0 Cafés 1 0 Restaurants 7 2
Getting around Measure Alter do Chão Pinheiro Grande Nearest train station 8.3 km 7.5 km Nearest bus station 22 km 5.7 km Nearest hospital 23 km 8.2 km Nearest beach – 59 km Nearest airport with scheduled flights 80 km 91 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Alter do Chão Pinheiro Grande Median rent per m², per month – €3.74/m² Sale price per m² €488/m² €911/m² Sale price change, 5 years +90% +92% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 34.8 26.9
People Measure Alter do Chão Pinheiro Grande Population 2,600 1,051 Aged 65 and over 30.6% 29.9% Under 15 11.3% 11.4% Born in another country 5.0% 3.2%
Natural hazards Measure Alter do Chão Pinheiro Grande Earthquakes of M5+ within 100 km since 1900 2 3
Month by month Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020 High Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Alter do Chão 13° 14° 17° 19° 23° 28° 32° 32° 28° 22° 16° 13° Pinheiro Grande 14° 16° 19° 20° 24° 28° 31° 31° 28° 23° 17° 15°
Pinheiro Grande is warmer by 1°C or more in 6 months; in the other months the highs are within 1°C.
Alter do Chão or Pinheiro Grande: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Alter do Chão or Pinheiro Grande? Pinheiro Grande, with an average January high of 14.1°C against 12.8°C.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Alter do Chão: 4 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 1 in Pinheiro Grande.
Which is closer to an airport? Alter do Chão is 80 km from Badajoz Airport (BJZ); Pinheiro Grande is 91 km from Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), in a straight line.