Linhó vs Alcoitão: which Lisbon area town suits you?

Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (13°C and 14°C). Linhó has lower rents and cheaper homes to buy; Alcoitão has more pharmacies on foot, more cafés on foot and more restaurants on foot.

Linhó

1,487 people

Choose Linhó if you want

  • Lower rents in the municipality (€10.20/m² a month, against €15.31/m²)
  • Cheaper homes to buy in the municipality (€3,068/m², against €4,889/m²)

Alcoitão

2,563 people

Choose Alcoitão if you want

  • More pharmacies within a 15-minute walk (3, against 0)
  • More cafés within a 15-minute walk (10, against 4)
  • More restaurants within a 15-minute walk (34, against 14)

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
MeasureLinhóAlcoitão
January high13°C14°C
January low10°C10°C
July high21°C22°C
Days above 35°C a year00
Nights above 20°C a year12
Frost days a year00
Days with rain a year8888
Daylight on 21 December9 h 27 min9 h 27 min

Daily life within a 15-minute walk

MeasureLinhóAlcoitão
Grocery stores43
Pharmacies03
Doctors and clinics21
Cafés410
Restaurants1434

Getting around

MeasureLinhóAlcoitão
Nearest train station3.7 km3.5 km
Nearest bus station3.5 km4.2 km
Nearest hospital3.1 km2.3 km
Nearest beach7.1 km3.5 km
Nearest airport with scheduled flights5.2 km3.4 km

Housing and safety (whole municipality)

MeasureLinhóAlcoitão
Median rent per m², per month€10.20/m²€15.31/m²
Sale price per m²€3,068/m²€4,889/m²
Sale price change, 5 years+108%+72%
Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents25.724.5

People

MeasureLinhóAlcoitão
Population1,4872,563
Aged 65 and over15.0%18.6%
Under 1516.8%16.3%
Born in another country20.9%19.8%

Natural hazards

MeasureLinhóAlcoitão
Earthquakes of M5+ within 100 km since 190022

Month by month

Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020
HighJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Linhó13°14°15°16°18°20°21°22°21°19°16°14°
Alcoitão14°14°15°16°18°20°22°22°21°19°16°15°

The average highs are within 1°C of each other in every month.

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Linhó or Alcoitão: common questions

Which is warmer in winter, Linhó or Alcoitão?

They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 13.1°C in Linhó and 13.7°C in Alcoitão.

Which has more shops within walking distance?

Linhó: 4 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 3 in Alcoitão.

Which is closer to an airport?

Both use Cascais Airport (CAT): 5.2 km from Linhó and 3.4 km from Alcoitão, in a straight line.