Portugal Compare Porto de Mós vs Caxias Porto de Mós vs Caxias: which town suits you? Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (15°C and 14°C). Porto de Mós has fewer rainy days, a warmer sea and a closer bus station; Caxias has cooler summer nights, more grocery stores on foot and more pharmacies on foot.
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Choose Porto de Mós if you want + Winter-sun seekers: 15°C January highs and no frost days + Fewer rainy days (70 a year, against 84) + A warmer sea in August (20°C, against 18°C) + A bus station closer by (2.5 km, against 4.3 km) Choose Caxias if you want + Retirees: Hospital 2.5 km away, 14°C January highs, 2 pharmacies within a 15-minute walk + Car-light living: 4 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk and public transport close by + Cooler summer nights (9 nights a year above 20°C, against 17) + More grocery stores within a 15-minute walk (4, against 2) 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 de Mós Caxias January high 15°C 14°C January low 11°C 10°C July high 24°C 24°C Days above 35°C a year 0 0 Nights above 20°C a year 17 9 Frost days a year 0 0 Days with rain a year 70 84 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 37 min 9 h 27 min Sea in August 20°C 18°C
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Porto de Mós Caxias Grocery stores 2 4 Pharmacies 0 2 Doctors and clinics 1 0 Cafés 3 2 Restaurants 16 16
Getting around Measure Porto de Mós Caxias Nearest train station 2.8 km 0.5 km Nearest bus station 2.5 km 4.3 km Nearest hospital 1.4 km 2.5 km Nearest beach 0.1 km 0.5 km Nearest airport with scheduled flights 11 km 7.2 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Porto de Mós Caxias Median rent per m², per month €10.11/m² €13.80/m² Sale price per m² €3,949/m² €4,438/m² Sale price change, 5 years +86% +80% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 38.5 26.8
People Measure Porto de Mós Caxias Population 23,648 9,007 Aged 65 and over 25.3% 19.4% Under 15 12.3% 14.5% Born in another country 26.4% 17.5%
Natural hazards Measure Porto de Mós Caxias Earthquakes of M5+ within 100 km since 1900 1 2
Month by month Town-level · ERA5-Land 1991-2020 High Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Porto de Mós 15° 16° 17° 18° 20° 23° 24° 25° 24° 21° 18° 16° Caxias 14° 15° 16° 17° 20° 22° 24° 25° 23° 21° 17° 15°
Porto de Mós is warmer by 1°C or more in 2 months; in the other months the highs are within 1°C. Porto de Mós in November · Caxias in November
Porto de Mós or Caxias: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Porto de Mós or Caxias? They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 15.2°C in Porto de Mós and 14.3°C in Caxias.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Caxias: 4 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 2 in Porto de Mós.
Which is closer to an airport? Porto de Mós is 11 km from Portimão Airport (PRM); Caxias is 7.2 km from Cascais Airport (CAT), in a straight line.