Early August 1 August
93°F
Typical afternoon high
1% historical wet-day frequency
Portugal · Countryside
Is August a good time?
August averages 92°F afternoons and 66°F seas, with about 0 rain days. Later August is typically cooler.
Historical Alentejo regional averages, not a forecast or a measure of queues. Overnight demand compares average stays per day. Covers Évora and Comporta; conditions vary within the region.
What matters most?
Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
#12 of 12 months here · Balanced mix
Overall combines weather, overnight demand and cost. It does not include sea temperature.
Plan your August
Afternoons around 92°F (34°C): summer clothes; nights around 60°F (16°C): light layers. About 14 hours of daylight. About 0 rain days in a typical August.
The sea averages 66°F. Our swimming guide: fresh: fine once you are in. Your comfort will vary. This is open water near the coast, not a beach-specific reading.
Monthly coastal averages from NOAA, 2011–2025. Sea temperature is separate from the weather and Overall scores.
The sun rises about 06:45 and sets about 20:28 (local time, mid-month). Mornings start around 60°F (16°C); afternoons reach about 92°F (34°C). The model's median rain-day count rounds to zero; individual trips can still have rain.
Early, middle or late?
Early August is typically warmer. The afternoon high averages 93°F on the 1st, versus 89°F on the 31st. Historical wet-day frequency rises from 1% to 4% between those dates.
93°F
Typical afternoon high
1% historical wet-day frequency
93°F
Typical afternoon high
1% historical wet-day frequency
89°F
Typical afternoon high
4% historical wet-day frequency
Historical daily averages from 2011–2025, smoothed over two weeks. A seasonal pattern, not a forecast. This does not establish which week has the lowest prices or fewest visitors.
Public holidays · 2027: 15 Aug Assumption Day.
Weather shows historical patterns, not a forecast. Holidays and events use the dates shown for 2027.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193° | ||||||
| 293° | 393° | 493° | 593° | 693° | 793° | 893° |
| 993° | 1093° | 1193° | 1293° | 1393° | 1493° | 1593° |
| 1693° | 1793° | 1893° | 1993° | 2093° | 2192° | 2292° |
| 2392° | 2492° | 2591° | 2691° | 2791° | 2890° | 2990° |
| 3090° | 3189° |
Afternoon high rain likely (25%+) local school holidays public holiday event
Afternoons cool from about 93°F (34°C) in the first week to 90°F (32°C) in the last. The chance of a wet day runs 1–4%. Local schools are out 1–31 August 2027.
Schools here are on summer holidays all of August 2027. Public holidays: 15 Aug Assumption Day. Elsewhere in August 2027, the share of people living where schools are out on a typical day: Germany 73%, Italy 100%, Spain 100%, Netherlands 90%. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)
Visitor season
Peak season. August averages 100% of August's overnight stays per day. More overnight stays than July.
Overnight stays across Alentejo do not measure queues, day visitors or congestion at individual sights. For its size, busier than most of Europe this month.
Hotel price season
Well above usual. Historical regional hotel revenue (2024–2025 monthly average): €88 per guest-night. An average, not a booking quote.
Fewer overnight stays do not automatically mean cheaper rooms. Check actual quotes for your trip.
The historical regional amount comes from INE Portugal, Inquérito à Permanência de Hóspedes: hotel room revenue per guest-night; the country price level is national. Hotel averages are not live booking quotes.
Year-to-year variation
In the 15 years from 2011 to 2025, the month's afternoons averaged between 88°F (31°C) and 96°F (36°C); in 10 of them they were within 3°F (1.5°C) of the typical 92°F (34°C). Rain days ranged from 0 to 3; half the years had 0–0.
Rain days in each August
| Year | Afternoon high | Rain days |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89°F | 3 |
| 2012 | 90°F | 1 |
| 2013 | 94°F | 0 |
| 2014 | 88°F | 0 |
| 2015 | 89°F | 0 |
| 2016 | 95°F | 0 |
| 2017 | 93°F | 0 |
| 2018 | 96°F | 0 |
| 2019 | 91°F | 1 |
| 2020 | 91°F | 0 |
| 2021 | 92°F | 0 |
| 2022 | 92°F | 0 |
| 2023 | 96°F | 0 |
| 2024 | 94°F | 0 |
| 2025 | 95°F | 0 |
Checked against official climate averages for Evora. How we check
Compare dates
| Typical conditions | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoons | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
| Sea | 66°F | 66°F | 67°F |
| Rain days | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Overnight demand | 69% | 100% | 59.8% |
July: Less overnight demand. July guide →
September: Cooler afternoons and more rain days than August. Less overnight demand. September guide →
Overnight demand measures accommodation stays, not queues. Sea temperatures are monthly coastal averages.
Yellow marks the top three months on the Balanced mix. August stays as your reference.
all months except August have fewer overnight stays than August, with a similar or higher Weather score.
Your comparison
Overnight stays are 69% of the busiest month.
Historical regional hotel revenue (2024–2025 monthly average): €82 per guest-night. An average, not a booking quote.
Read the July guide →| Typical conditions | August | July |
|---|---|---|
| Afternoons | 92°F | 92°F |
| Nights | 60°F | 59°F |
| Sea | 66°F | 66°F |
| Rain days | 0 | 0 |
| Visitor season | Peak season | Busy season |
| Overall / 10 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| Month rank | #12 | #11 |
| Month | Overall | Rank | High | Low | Sea | Rain days | Weather | Visitor season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4 | #8 | 59°F | 43°F | 61°F | 7 | 7.2 | Low season |
| February | 8.5 | #6 | 62°F | 44°F | 59°F | 6 | 7.7 | Low season |
| March | 8.5 | #5 | 66°F | 46°F | 59°F | 6 | 8.1 | Low season |
| April | 8.6 | #4 | 71°F | 49°F | 61°F | 8 | 9.0 | Moderate season |
| May | 8.7 | #1 | 79°F | 52°F | 63°F | 4 | 9.5 | Moderate season |
| June | 8.1 | #9 | 86°F | 56°F | 65°F | 1 | 8.8 | Moderate season |
| July | 7.1 | #11 | 92°F | 59°F | 66°F | 0 | 7.6 | Busy season |
| August | 6.3 | #12 | 92°F | 60°F | 66°F | 0 | 7.6 | Peak season |
| September | 7.9 | #10 | 85°F | 60°F | 67°F | 2 | 8.8 | Moderate season |
| October | 8.6 | #3 | 77°F | 57°F | 67°F | 7 | 9.1 | Moderate season |
| November | 8.7 | #2 | 65°F | 49°F | 64°F | 9 | 8.4 | Low season |
| December | 8.4 | #7 | 61°F | 44°F | 62°F | 7 | 7.6 | Low season |
Near here
Nearby regions, nearest first. Distances are centre to centre, as the crow flies; they are not road distances or journey times.
Setúbal PeninsulaPortugal · about 50 miles
Balanced Overall 7.7 · Excellent weather, 83°F (29°C) · Peak season · Cost moderate
Óbidos, Nazaré & the Tagus ValleyPortugal · about 70 miles
Balanced Overall 7.9 · Excellent weather, 86°F (30°C) · Peak season · Cost cheap
LisbonPortugal · about 80 miles
Balanced Overall 8.4 · Excellent weather, 81°F (27°C) · Steady all year · Cost moderate
The AlgarvePortugal · about 80 miles
Balanced Overall 7.5 · Excellent weather, 88°F (31°C) · Peak season · Cost moderate
Central Portugalabout 130 miles
Balanced Overall 7.9 · Excellent weather, 85°F (30°C) · Peak season · Cost cheap
Elsewhere in Europe
Alentejo's weather ranks 110 of 117 countryside regions this month. These countryside regions outside Portugal have clearly better weather on your dates, nearest first, each compared with Alentejo.
Castile and LeónSpain · about 290 miles
Excellent weather (9.0): 5°F cooler afternoons, cheaper
Poitou-CharentesFrance · about 670 miles
Very good weather (8.9): 11°F cooler afternoons, 4 more rain days, pricier
LimousinFrance · about 710 miles
Very good weather (8.8): 12°F cooler afternoons, 6 more rain days, pricier
Loire Valley & CentreFrance · about 790 miles
Excellent weather (9.0): 12°F cooler afternoons, 5 more rain days, pricier
BurgundyFrance · about 860 miles
Very good weather (8.6): 11°F cooler afternoons, 7 more rain days, pricier
It's peak season, 100% of the busiest month and 127% above its average month. That means about 28,000 overnight visitors on a typical August night across the region, 78% of them from Portugal itself. Rentals booked through Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor add up to 8,500 more: 30 for every 100 counted above. Some are the same properties counted twice.
| Climate suitability (HCI:Urban, 0–100) | 73 |
| How our weather was checked | Official climate averages for Evora from the national weather service, every month: afternoon highs typically within 1°F (0.8°C), night lows within 2°F (0.9°C). |
| Tourist nights per 1,000 residents per day | 59 |
| Busiest month here | August · 59 |
| Visitors as share of people present | 5.6% |
| Rank among Europe's regions this month | 80th percentile |
| Domestic share of nights | 78% |
| Platform rental nights per 100 counted nights | 30 |
| Visitor share if every platform night were extra | 7.1% |
| Population used | 475,000 |
| Statistical region | PT1C · Alentejo |
Crowds: Eurostat nights spent at tourist accommodation, by month and NUTS 2 region, 2024–2025 average. Overnight visitors per night is the month's nights divided by its days; the per-1,000 figure is Eurostat's, against each year's population. Platform rentals: Eurostat nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor, 2024–2025 average, shown separately because some properties are in both counts. Weather: Holiday Climate Index computed from ERA5 reanalysis with daily highs, night lows and rain days corrected from open national weather-service station records, 2011–2025, population-weighted to the region; day-by-day figures are the same data averaged by date. Heat and rain odds are counted across those years. Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations, local time. Prices: Eurostat price level index and HICP, national; the first figure is regional (INE Portugal, Inquérito à Permanência de Hóspedes: hotel room revenue per guest-night). Full method · this region's data.