Town · Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal · 38.83°N 8.79°W
Poceirão, Portugal
Poceirão is a town of 4,225 people in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, with January highs of 15°C, 18 days a year above 35°C, a hospital 20.1 km from the centre and Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) 30 km away.
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Normal for November, 1991-2020
18°high · low 10°C · 9 rain days
Who Poceirão suits
Generated from the data below by published rulesGood fit for
No good-fit verdicts for Poceirão yet. Verdicts only use values that are precise enough to judge with.
Weaker fit for
- Heat-sensitive people18 days a year above 35°C
What makes Poceirão stand out
- Poceirão has the warmest January afternoons in Oeste e Vale do Tejo (14.5°C).
- Poceirão has the fewest rainy days in Oeste e Vale do Tejo (77 a year).
- Poceirão has the longest December days in Oeste e Vale do Tejo (9 h 27 min of daylight).
A fact appears when a town ranks first for a measure in Portugal, in its region, or among towns of similar size there.
Climate comfort
56/ 100
Top 38% 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
7/ 100
Rank 794 of 797 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
21/ 100
Rank 761 of 807 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
Poceirão compared with Porto
Pick another town in Portugal to see the differences in plain terms.
- 2°C warmer in JanuaryAverage January highPoceirão 15°CPorto 13°C
- 5°C hotter in JulyAverage July highPoceirão 31°CPorto 26°C
- 42 fewer rainy days a yearDays with rain per yearPoceirão 77Porto 119
- 17 more very hot days a yearDays above 35°C per yearPoceirão 18Porto 1.0
- 15 min more daylight in DecemberDaylight on 21 DecemberPoceirão 9 h 27 minPorto 9 h 12 min
Housing & costs
Official · INE Portugal, EurostatPoceirão is in the municipality of Benavente. Rents, prices and crime are published for each municipality as a whole, not for single towns.
Climate today
Town-level · ERA5-Land reanalysis 1991-2020Month by month
Town-level · ERA5-Land reanalysis 1991-2020August is the warmest month (31°C average high) and January the coolest (15°C). October is the wettest (74 mm) and July the driest (3 mm).
- JanuaryAir 15°8 rain daysCrowds: Low
- FebruaryAir 16°7 rain daysCrowds: Low
- MarchAir 19°8 rain daysCrowds: Low
- AprilAir 20°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- MayAir 24°7 rain daysCrowds: Low
- JuneAir 28°3 rain daysCrowds: Medium
- JulyAir 31°1 rain dayCrowds: High
- AugustAir 31°2 rain daysCrowds: Peak
- SeptemberAir 28°5 rain daysCrowds: Medium
- OctoberAir 23°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- NovemberAir 18°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- DecemberAir 15°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
Crowd levels are for Oeste e Vale do Tejo 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 17.5 days.
Healthcare & getting around
Town-level · straight-line distancesWithin 1.2 km of the centre
- Grocery stores0
- Pharmacies0
- Doctors & clinics0
- Train stationNo
30 min by car
- Hospitals3
- Sea beaches4
- People178,555
60 min by car
- Towns over 10,00070
- Hospitals75
- Sea beaches159
- People2,906,607
- Nearest train stationAlhandra22 km
- Nearest bus stationEstação Rodoviária de Lisboa-Oriente20 km
- Nearest hospitalCentro Hospitalar Barreiro-Montijo, EPE - Hospital Distrital do Montijo20 km
- Quickest hospital by car20 min
- Nearest airport with scheduled flightsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)30 km · 36 min by car
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
- 0Grocery stores & supermarketsPortugal median: 3
- 0PharmaciesPortugal median: 1
- 0CafésPortugal median: 4
- 0RestaurantsPortugal 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
GeoNamesEnvironment & natural hazards
- Earthquakes2 since 1900Magnitude 5 or larger within 100 km. Largest: M6.0.Town-level · USGS earthquake catalog
- Air quality6.2 µg/m³Average fine particles (PM2.5) at the centre in 2023. The WHO guideline for the yearly average is 5 µg/m³.Modelled · EEA
- Wildfire1 of 10 yearsYears with a fire of 30 ha or more within 10 km of the centre, 2016-2025; 99 ha burnt by those fires.Town-level · EFFIS
Places like Poceirão
Matched on climate, amenities, nearest and access
- São Marcos da SerraAlgarve70% match
- BenaventeOeste e Vale do Tejo68% match
- MarinhaisOeste e Vale do Tejo65% match
- Fazendas de AlmeirimOeste e Vale do Tejo64% match
- OdemiraAlentejo63% 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 Poceirão
What is the weather like in Poceirão through the year?
January averages a high of 15°C and a low of 7°C; July averages 31°C and 17°C. There are about 77 days with rain a year. These are averages for 1991-2020.
How many very hot days does Poceirão get?
Poceirão averaged 18 days a year above 35°C in 2016-2025, against 12 a year in 1991-2000.
Does it freeze in Poceirão?
Poceirão averaged fewer than one frost day a year (below 0°C) in 2016-2025.
What is within walking distance of the centre of Poceirão?
Within 1.2 km of the centre there are 0 grocery stores, 0 pharmacies, 0 doctors and clinics and 0 cafés. In a straight line, the nearest train station is 22 km away, the nearest bus station is 20 km away, the nearest hospital is 20 km away, the nearest beach is 18 km away and the nearest coastline is 12 km away.
What is the nearest airport to Poceirão?
Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), 30 km from the centre in a straight line.
How much daylight does Poceirão get in winter?
9 h 27 min on 21 December, against 14 h 54 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 Poceirão 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 |