Portugal Norte Compare Guimarães vs Ermesinde Guimarães vs Ermesinde: which Norte town suits you? Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (12°C and 13°C). Guimarães has more pharmacies on foot, more doctors on foot and more restaurants on foot; Ermesinde has fewer frosts and a closer airport.
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Choose Guimarães if you want + More pharmacies within a 15-minute walk (14, against 7) + More doctors and clinics within a 15-minute walk (24, against 10) + More restaurants within a 15-minute walk (150, against 48) + A bus station closer by (0.7 km, against 6.8 km) Choose Ermesinde if you want + Fewer frosts (0 frost days a year, against 8) + A shorter trip to an airport (11 km, against 39 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 Measure Guimarães Ermesinde January high 12°C 13°C January low 4°C 6°C July high 27°C 26°C Days above 35°C a year 3 1 Nights above 20°C a year 8 8 Frost days a year 8 0 Days with rain a year 126 119 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 11 min 9 h 12 min Sea in August – –
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Guimarães Ermesinde Grocery stores 26 28 Pharmacies 14 7 Doctors and clinics 24 10 Cafés 49 42 Restaurants 150 48
Getting around Measure Guimarães Ermesinde Nearest train station 1.1 km 0.1 km Nearest bus station 0.7 km 6.8 km Nearest hospital 0.6 km 1.7 km Nearest beach 39 km 12 km Nearest airport with scheduled flights 39 km 11 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Guimarães Ermesinde Median rent per m², per month €5.75/m² €7.75/m² Sale price per m² €1,859/m² €2,320/m² Sale price change, 5 years +87% +96% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 17.8 24.2
People Measure Guimarães Ermesinde Population 40,604 39,420 Aged 65 and over 23.8% 22.5% Under 15 12.0% 12.4% Born in another country 7.0% 7.1%
Natural hazards Measure Guimarães Ermesinde Earthquakes of M5+ within 100 km since 1900 0 0
Month by month Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020 High Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Guimarães 12° 14° 16° 18° 21° 24° 27° 27° 25° 20° 15° 13° Ermesinde 13° 14° 16° 17° 20° 23° 26° 26° 24° 20° 16° 13°
Guimarães is warmer by 1°C or more in 3 months; in the other months the highs are within 1°C. Guimarães in November · Ermesinde in November
Guimarães or Ermesinde: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Guimarães or Ermesinde? They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 12.2°C in Guimarães and 12.8°C in Ermesinde.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Ermesinde: 28 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 26 in Guimarães.
Which is closer to an airport? Both use Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO): 39 km from Guimarães and 11 km from Ermesinde, in a straight line.