Caneças vs Apelação: which Lisbon area town suits you?

Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (13°C and 14°C). Caneças has more pharmacies on foot, more doctors on foot and more cafés on foot; Apelação has a closer train station.

Caneças

10,978 people

Choose Caneças if you want

  • Car-light living: 5 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk and public transport close by
  • More pharmacies within a 15-minute walk (3, against 0)
  • More doctors and clinics within a 15-minute walk (3, against 0)
  • More cafés within a 15-minute walk (17, against 10)

Apelação

7,182 people

Choose Apelação if you want

  • A train station closer by (3.4 km, against 6.0 km)

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
MeasureCaneçasApelação
January high13°C14°C
January low8°C8°C
July high25°C26°C
Days above 35°C a year01
Nights above 20°C a year49
Frost days a year00
Days with rain a year8785
Daylight on 21 December9 h 27 min9 h 27 min
Sea in August–18°C

Daily life within a 15-minute walk

MeasureCaneçasApelação
Grocery stores54
Pharmacies30
Doctors and clinics30
Cafés1710
Restaurants133

Getting around

MeasureCaneçasApelação
Nearest train station6.0 km3.4 km
Nearest bus station0.7 km1.6 km
Nearest hospital0.2 km3.2 km
Nearest beach13 km8.1 km
Nearest airport with scheduled flights8.6 km3.6 km

Housing and safety (whole municipality)

MeasureCaneçasApelação
Median rent per m², per month€11.41/m²€10.56/m²
Sale price per m²€3,595/m²€3,421/m²
Sale price change, 5 years+73%+81%
Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents17.226.8

People

MeasureCaneçasApelação
Population10,9787,182
Aged 65 and over18.4%20.6%
Under 1516.2%16.2%
Born in another country12.9%19.7%

Natural hazards

MeasureCaneçasApelação
Earthquakes of M5+ within 100 km since 190022

Month by month

Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020
HighJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Caneças13°14°16°17°20°23°25°26°24°20°16°14°
Apelação14°14°17°18°21°24°26°27°25°21°17°14°

Apelação is warmer by 1°C or more in 7 months; in the other months the highs are within 1°C. Caneças in November · Apelação in November

Similar towns: Caneças vs Ramada · Caneças vs Charneca de Caparica · Apelação vs Camarate

Caneças or Apelação: common questions

Which is warmer in winter, Caneças or Apelação?

They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 13.1°C in Caneças and 13.6°C in Apelação.

Which has more shops within walking distance?

Caneças: 5 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 4 in Apelação.

Which is closer to an airport?

Both use Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS): 8.6 km from Caneças and 3.6 km from Apelação, in a straight line.

Cite or link

hexplace (2026). Caneças vs Apelação: climate, homes and daily life compared. https://hexplace.org/portugal/compare/canecas-vs-apelacao/