Portugal Centro Compare Vagos vs Palhaça Vagos vs Palhaça: which Centro town suits you? Their January highs are within 1°C of each other (14°C and 13°C). Vagos has more grocery stores on foot, more doctors on foot and more restaurants on foot; Palhaça has a closer train station and cheaper homes to buy.
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Choose Vagos if you want + More grocery stores within a 15-minute walk (4, against 2) + More doctors and clinics within a 15-minute walk (3, against 1) + More restaurants within a 15-minute walk (10, against 3) + Less recorded crime in the municipality (18.0 per 1,000 residents, against 35.4) Choose Palhaça if you want + A train station closer by (4.6 km, against 7.0 km) + Cheaper homes to buy in the municipality (€1,389/m², against €1,731/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 Vagos Palhaça January high 14°C 13°C January low 7°C 6°C July high 27°C 27°C Days above 35°C a year 2 3 Nights above 20°C a year 8 4 Frost days a year 0 1 Days with rain a year 109 110 Daylight on 21 December 9 h 16 min 9 h 16 min Sea in August 18°C –
Daily life within a 15-minute walk Measure Vagos Palhaça Grocery stores 4 2 Pharmacies 2 1 Doctors and clinics 3 1 Cafés 3 3 Restaurants 10 3
Getting around Measure Vagos Palhaça Nearest train station 7.0 km 4.6 km Nearest bus station 6.6 km 8.9 km Nearest hospital 9.0 km 5.6 km Nearest beach 7.4 km 15 km Nearest airport with scheduled flights 70 km 64 km
Housing and safety (whole municipality) Measure Vagos Palhaça Median rent per m², per month €5.97/m² €5.33/m² Sale price per m² €1,731/m² €1,389/m² Sale price change, 5 years +87% +78% Crimes recorded per 1,000 residents 18.0 35.4
People Measure Vagos Palhaça Population 4,529 2,664 Aged 65 and over 21.8% 25.5% Under 15 13.3% 13.5% Born in another country 14.2% 16.6%
Natural hazards Measure Vagos Palhaça 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 Vagos 14° 15° 17° 18° 21° 24° 27° 27° 25° 21° 16° 14° Palhaça 13° 15° 17° 18° 21° 24° 27° 27° 25° 21° 16° 14°
The average highs are within 1°C of each other in every month.
Vagos or Palhaça: common questions Which is warmer in winter, Vagos or Palhaça? They are within 1°C of each other: average January highs of 13.6°C in Vagos and 13.4°C in Palhaça.
Which has more shops within walking distance? Vagos: 4 grocery stores within a 15-minute walk of the centre, against 2 in Palhaça.
Which is closer to an airport? Both use Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE): 70 km from Vagos and 64 km from Palhaça, in a straight line.