Portugal Compare Santa Cruz vs Manteigas Santa Cruz vs Manteigas: which town suits you? Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (10°C and 10°C). Santa Cruz has fewer frosts, more grocery stores on foot and a closer bus station; Manteigas has fewer very hot days and cheaper homes to buy.
Choose Santa Cruz if you want + Fewer frosts (9 frost days a year, against 14) + More grocery stores within a 15-minute walk (4, against 2) + A bus station closer by (1.6 km, against 11 km) Choose Manteigas if you want + Fewer very hot days (3 a year above 35°C, against 6) + Cheaper homes to buy in the municipality (€438/m², against €1,205/m²) 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 Santa Cruz Manteigas January high 10°C 10°C January low 3°C 3°C July high 28°C 28°C Days above 35°C a year 6 3 Nights above 20°C a year 11 9 Frost days a year 9 14 Days with rain a year 110 112 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 09 min 9 h 17 min Sea in August – –
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Santa Cruz Manteigas Grocery stores 4 2 Pharmacies 1 2 Doctors and clinics 3 2 Cafés 2 2 Restaurants 6 9
Getting around Measure Santa Cruz Manteigas Nearest train station – 14 km Nearest bus station 1.6 km 11 km Nearest hospital 2.0 km 11 km Nearest beach – – Nearest airport with scheduled flights 58 km 47 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Santa Cruz Manteigas Median rent per m², per month €4.84/m² – Sale price per m² €1,205/m² €438/m² Sale price change, 5 years +54% +28% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 29.9 33.1
People Measure Santa Cruz Manteigas Population 3,430 3,900 Aged 65 and over 24.1% 36.0% Under 15 13.2% 7.9% Born in another country 10.1% 5.0%
Natural hazards Measure Santa Cruz Manteigas 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 Santa Cruz 10° 12° 15° 17° 20° 25° 28° 28° 24° 19° 13° 10° Manteigas 10° 11° 14° 15° 19° 24° 28° 28° 24° 18° 13° 10°
Santa Cruz is warmer by 1°C or more in 1 month; in the other months the highs are within 1°C.
Santa Cruz or Manteigas: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Santa Cruz or Manteigas? They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 9.9°C in Santa Cruz and 9.7°C in Manteigas.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Santa Cruz: 4 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 2 in Manteigas.
Which is closer to an airport? Santa Cruz is 58 km from Vila Real Airport (VRL); Manteigas is 47 km from Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE), in a straight line.