Town · Alentejo, Portugal · 39.07°N 7.70°W
Vale da Amoreira, Portugal
Vale da Amoreira is a town of 10,828 people in the Alentejo, with January highs of 13°C, 32 days a year above 35°C, a hospital 34.7 km from the centre and Badajoz Airport (BJZ) 78 km away.
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Normal for November, 1991-2020
17°high · low 9°C · 9 rain days
Who Vale da Amoreira suits
Generated from the data below by published rulesGood fit for
No good-fit verdicts for Vale da Amoreira yet. Verdicts only use values that are precise enough to judge with.
Weaker fit for
- Heat-sensitive people32 days a year above 35°C
What makes Vale da Amoreira stand out
- Vale da Amoreira has the fewest windy days in Alentejo among towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (1 a year).
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
38/ 100
Rank 546 of 766 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
6/ 100
Rank 795 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
11/ 100
Rank 804 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
Vale da Amoreira compared with Porto
Pick another town in Portugal to see the differences in plain terms.
- Same January warmthAverage January highVale da Amoreira 13°CPorto 13°C
- 6°C hotter in JulyAverage July highVale da Amoreira 32°CPorto 26°C
- 37 fewer rainy days a yearDays with rain per yearVale da Amoreira 82Porto 119
- 31 more very hot days a yearDays above 35°C per yearVale da Amoreira 32Porto 1.0
- 13 min more daylight in DecemberDaylight on 21 DecemberVale da Amoreira 9 h 25 minPorto 9 h 12 min
Housing & costs
Official · INE Portugal, EurostatVale da Amoreira is in the municipality of Fronteira. Rents, 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 (32°C average high) and January the coolest (13°C). October is the wettest (80 mm) and July the driest (4 mm).
- JanuaryAir 13°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- FebruaryAir 15°8 rain daysCrowds: Low
- MarchAir 18°8 rain daysCrowds: Low
- AprilAir 20°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- MayAir 24°8 rain daysCrowds: Low
- JuneAir 29°3 rain daysCrowds: Medium
- JulyAir 32°1 rain dayCrowds: High
- AugustAir 32°2 rain daysCrowds: Peak
- SeptemberAir 28°5 rain daysCrowds: Medium
- OctoberAir 22°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- NovemberAir 17°9 rain daysCrowds: Low
- DecemberAir 14°9 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).
Each month links to its own page with temperatures, rain and daylight.
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 31.7 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
- Hospitals0
- Sea beaches0
- People25,795
60 min by car
- Towns over 10,0002
- Hospitals2
- Sea beaches0
- People90,490
- Nearest train stationCrato23 km
- Nearest bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Estremoz27 km
- Nearest hospitalUnidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano, EPE - Hospital Doutor José Maria Grande35 km · 49 min by car
- Nearest airport with scheduled flightsBadajoz Airport (BJZ)78 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
- 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: M5.4.Town-level · USGS earthquake catalog
- Air quality5.5 µg/m³Average fine particles (PM2.5) at the centre in 2023. The WHO guideline for the yearly average is 5 µg/m³.Modelled · EEA
- WildfireNone nearbyNo fire of 30 ha or more burnt within 10 km of the centre in 2016-2025.Town-level · EFFIS
Places like Vale da Amoreira
Matched on climate, amenities, nearest and access
- FronteiraAlentejo90% match
- AvisAlentejo81% match
- MontargilAlentejo80% match
- Santo André (Ponte de Sor)Alentejo73% match
- Castro VerdeAlentejo70% 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 Vale da Amoreira
What is the weather like in Vale da Amoreira through the year?
January averages a high of 13°C and a low of 5°C; July averages 32°C and 18°C. There are about 82 days with rain a year. These are averages for 1991-2020.
How many very hot days does Vale da Amoreira get?
Vale da Amoreira averaged 32 days a year above 35°C in 2016-2025, against 18 a year in 1991-2000.
Does it freeze in Vale da Amoreira?
Vale da Amoreira averaged fewer than one frost day a year (below 0°C) in 2016-2025.
What is within walking distance of the centre of Vale da Amoreira?
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 23 km away, the nearest bus station is 27 km away and the nearest hospital is 35 km away.
What is the nearest airport to Vale da Amoreira?
Badajoz Airport (BJZ), 78 km from the centre in a straight line.
How much daylight does Vale da Amoreira get in winter?
9 h 25 min on 21 December, against 14 h 55 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 Vale da Amoreira 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 |