Town · Alentejo, Portugal · 39.39°N 7.38°W
Marvão, Portugal
Marvão is a town of 3,739 people in the Alentejo, with January highs of 10°C, 8 days a year above 35°C, a hospital 11.3 km from the centre and Badajoz Airport (BJZ) 74 km away.
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Normal for November, 1991-2020
13°high · low 5°C · 9 rain days
Who Marvão suits
Generated from the data below by published rulesGood fit for
No good-fit verdicts for Marvão yet. Verdicts only use values that are precise enough to judge with.
Weaker fit for
Nothing stands out as a weaker fit.
Climate comfort
31/ 100
Rank 650 of 760 in Portugal
Based on: Average daily high (January), Days above 35°C (recent), Days with rain (year), Tropical nights (recent), Frost days (recent)
Car-free living
17/ 100
Rank 749 of 791 in Portugal
Based on: Places within a 15-minute walk (grocery), Places within a 15-minute walk (pharmacy), Places within a 15-minute walk (cafe), Distance to nearest (train station), Distance to nearest (bus station)
Access to services
22/ 100
Rank 753 of 801 in Portugal
Based on: Distance to nearest (hospital), Nearest airport with scheduled flights, Places within a 15-minute walk (grocery), Places within a 15-minute walk (doctor), Places within a 15-minute walk (school)
How precise is each number?Town-levelmeasured or computed for this townModelledestimated from a grid or a modelRegionalonly available for the wider area
Marvão compared with Porto
Pick another town in Portugal to see the differences in plain terms.
- 3°C colder in JanuaryAverage January highMarvão 10°CPorto 13°C
- 3°C hotter in JulyAverage July highMarvão 29°CPorto 26°C
- 34 fewer rainy days a yearDays with rain per yearMarvão 85Porto 119
- 7 more very hot days a yearDays above 35°C per yearMarvão 8.2Porto 1.0
- 11 min more daylight in DecemberDaylight on 21 DecemberMarvão 9 h 23 minPorto 9 h 12 min
Housing & costs
Official · INE Portugal, EurostatRents, prices and crime are published for each municipality as a whole, not for single towns. Municipalities with too few new leases get no rent figure.
Climate today
Town-level · ERA5-Land reanalysis 1991-2020Month by month
Town-level · ERA5-Land reanalysis 1991-2020July is the warmest month (29°C average high) and January the coolest (10°C). October is the wettest (88 mm) and July the driest (6 mm).
- JanuaryAir 10°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- FebruaryAir 11°7 rain daysCrowds: Low
- MarchAir 14°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- AprilAir 16°10 rain daysCrowds: Low
- MayAir 20°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- JuneAir 25°3 rain daysCrowds: Medium
- JulyAir 29°2 rain daysCrowds: High
- AugustAir 29°2 rain daysCrowds: Peak
- SeptemberAir 25°6 rain daysCrowds: Medium
- OctoberAir 19°10 rain daysCrowds: Low
- NovemberAir 13°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- DecemberAir 10°10 rain daysCrowds: Low
Crowd levels are for the Alentejo as a whole: nights booked through online platforms in 2025, against the region's busiest month (Eurostat).
Is it getting hotter?
Town-level · ERA5-Land reanalysisDays above 35°C per year
Both measured periods come from the same reanalysis as the climate section. The bar scale runs to 10 days.
Healthcare & getting around
Town-level · straight-line distancesWithin 1.2 km of the centre
- Grocery stores1
- Pharmacies0
- Doctors & clinics0
- Train stationNo
30 min by car
- Hospitals1
- Sea beaches0
- People29,887
60 min by car
- Towns over 10,0001
- Hospitals1
- Sea beaches0
- People48,178
- Nearest train stationPortalegre23 km
- Nearest bus stationRodoviária12 km
- Nearest hospitalUnidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano, EPE - Hospital Doutor José Maria Grande11 km · 24 min by car
- Nearest airport with scheduled flightsBadajoz Airport (BJZ)74 km
Distances are straight lines from the town centre. Drive times are by road in free-flowing traffic (OSRM on OpenStreetMap roads); people counts add up the towns reached.
Daily life
Town-level · Overture Maps places, 2026-10-21.0Within 1.2 km of the centre
- 1Grocery stores & supermarketsPortugal median: 3
- 0PharmaciesPortugal median: 1
- 3CafésPortugal median: 4
- 5RestaurantsPortugal median: 9
- 0BakeriesPortugal median: 2
- 0Gyms & fitness studiosPortugal median: 1
- 0SchoolsPortugal median: 2
- 0Doctors & clinicsPortugal median: 1
Nature & surroundings
Town-level · WorldCover, Copernicus DEM, Natura 2000, OpenStreetMapPeople & community
Modelled · EU Census 2021 gridUnder 1515 to 6465 and over
International residents
| Share of residents | Marvão | Median town in Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Born in another EU country | 0.8% | 1.6% |
| Born outside the EU | 3.3% | 5.5% |
| Moved here from abroad in the past year | 0.4% | 1.1% |
4.1% of residents were born abroad, against 7.1% in the median town in Portugal (2021 census). From the 1 km census grid cells within 1.5 km of the centre (511 residents counted).
Environment & natural hazards
- Earthquakes2 since 1900Magnitude 5 or larger within 100 km. Largest: M5.4.Town-level · USGS earthquake catalog
- Air quality4.7 µg/m³Average fine particles (PM2.5) at the centre in 2023. The WHO guideline for the yearly average is 5 µg/m³.Modelled · EEA
- Wildfire3 of 10 yearsYears with a fire of 30 ha or more within 10 km of the centre, 2016-2025; 1,568 ha burnt by those fires.Town-level · EFFIS
Places like Marvão
Matched on climate, amenities, nearest and access
- Freixo de Espada à CintaNorte70% match
- MêdaCentro70% match
- Castelo de VideAlentejo65% match
- SernancelheNorte63% match
- OleirosCentro62% match
Measures used: Average daily high (January), Average daily high (July), Days above 35°C (recent), Days with rain (year), Places within a 15-minute walk (grocery), Places within a 15-minute walk (cafe), Distance to nearest (train station) and Nearest airport with scheduled flights. A match of 100% would mean the same values on every one.
Common questions about Marvão
What is the weather like in Marvão through the year?
January averages a high of 10°C and a low of 2°C; July averages 29°C and 15°C. There are about 85 days with rain a year. These are averages for 1991-2020.
How many very hot days does Marvão get?
Marvão averaged 8.2 days a year above 35°C in 2016-2025, against 3.7 a year in 1991-2000.
Does it freeze in Marvão?
Marvão averaged 19 frost days a year (below 0°C) in 2016-2025.
What is within walking distance of the centre of Marvão?
Within 1.2 km of the centre there are 1 grocery stores, 0 pharmacies, 0 doctors and clinics and 3 cafés. In a straight line, the nearest train station is 23 km away, the nearest bus station is 12 km away and the nearest hospital is 11 km away.
What is the nearest airport to Marvão?
Badajoz Airport (BJZ), 74 km from the centre in a straight line.
How much daylight does Marvão get in winter?
9 h 23 min on 21 December, against 14 h 57 min on 21 June.
Sources & methodology
Every value comes from one of the open datasets below and is computed the same way for every town. Each section names how precise its values are: town-level, modelled or regional. Distances are straight lines from the town centre, and amenities are counted within 1.2 km of it. Read the full methodology.
"Who Marvão suits" lines come from fixed rules applied to every town in the same way. A rule only uses values that are modelled or better, and each line shows the numbers that triggered it. How the rules work.
| Dataset | Used for | Version | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (30 m elevation) | Elevation | glo30_s120 | Copernicus DEM licence (free for any use, with attribution) |
| PM2.5, European air quality data (EEA, interpolated 1 km map) | Air quality | pm25_2023 | CC BY 4.0 |
| Burnt areas (European Forest Fire Information System, EFFIS) | Wildfires | 2016-2025 | CC BY 4.0 |
| ERA5-Land reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Data Store) | Climate | points_1991-2025 | CC BY 4.0 |
| ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m land cover) | Land cover | v200_2021 | CC BY 4.0 |
| EU Census 2021 population grid (Eurostat) | Census grid | V3 | Free reuse with acknowledgement (European Commission reuse policy) |
| Nights spent in short-stay accommodation booked through online platforms (Eurostat tour_ce_omn12) | Crowds | 2026-11-01 | CC BY 4.0 |
| Price level indices (Eurostat prc_ppp_ind) | Price level | 2026-11-01 | CC BY 4.0 |
| GeoNames | Place names and populations | 2026-10-31 | CC BY 4.0 |
| INE Portugal (local statistics on rents, house prices, crime and population) | Rents, house prices, crime and population | 2026-11-01 | CC BY 4.0 |
| Natura 2000 protected sites (EEA, end 2024) | Protected areas | end2024 | CC BY 4.0 |
| OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extracts) | Stations, hospitals, beaches, coastline | 2026-10-31 | ODbL 1.0 |
| OurAirports | Airports | 2026-10-31 | Public domain |
| Overture Maps places | Amenities | 2026-10-21.0 | CDLA-Permissive-2.0 |
| TEMIS UV index climatology (KNMI / ESA) | UV index | v2.0_clim_2004-2020 | Free use with credit; TEMIS asks to be told how the data is used |
| USGS earthquake catalog (ComCat) | Earthquakes | 2026-10-31 | Public domain |