Portugal Norte Compare Porto vs Braga Porto vs Braga: which Norte town suits you? Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (13°C and 12°C). Porto has fewer frosts, more grocery stores on foot and more pharmacies on foot; Braga has lower rents, cheaper homes to buy and less recorded crime.
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Choose Porto if you want + Fewer frosts (0 frost days a year, against 9) + More grocery stores within a 15-minute walk (98, against 53) + More pharmacies within a 15-minute walk (32, against 19) + More cafés within a 15-minute walk (192, against 88) Choose Braga if you want + Lower rents in the municipality (€7.69/m² a month, against €12.58/m²) + Cheaper homes to buy in the municipality (€2,199/m², against €3,631/m²) + Less recorded crime in the municipality (21.4 per 1,000 residents, against 60.0) 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 Porto Braga January high 13°C 12°C January low 6°C 4°C July high 26°C 26°C Days above 35°C a year 1 2 Nights above 20°C a year 8 5 Frost days a year 0 9 Days with rain a year 119 133 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 12 min 9 h 10 min Sea in August 17°C –
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Porto Braga Grocery stores 98 53 Pharmacies 32 19 Doctors and clinics 34 40 Cafés 192 88 Restaurants 837 232
Getting around Measure Porto Braga Nearest train station 0.3 km 1.0 km Nearest bus station 0.7 km 0.5 km Nearest hospital 0.7 km 0.4 km Nearest beach 3.5 km 30 km Nearest airport with scheduled flights 13 km 40 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Porto Braga Median rent per m², per month €12.58/m² €7.69/m² Sale price per m² €3,631/m² €2,199/m² Sale price change, 5 years +64% +102% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 60.0 21.4
People Measure Porto Braga Population 252,687 193,324 Aged 65 and over 27.5% 20.3% Under 15 8.5% 12.8% Born in another country 17.2% 15.9%
Natural hazards Measure Porto Braga 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 Porto 13° 14° 16° 18° 20° 23° 26° 26° 24° 20° 16° 14° Braga 12° 13° 16° 17° 20° 23° 26° 26° 24° 19° 15° 13°
Porto is warmer by 1°C or more in 3 months; in the other months the highs are within 1°C. Porto in November · Braga in November
Porto or Braga: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Porto or Braga? They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 12.8°C in Porto and 11.9°C in Braga.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Porto: 98 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 53 in Braga.
Which is closer to an airport? Both use Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO): 13 km from Porto and 40 km from Braga, in a straight line.