Best time to visit Fátima
Portugal · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Fátima
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- JanJFátima in January: ok
- FebFFátima in February: good
- MarMFátima in March: ok
- AprAFátima in April: good
- MayMFátima in May: good, busy
- JunJFátima in June: good, busy
- JulJFátima in July: sweet spot
- AugAFátima in August: sweet spot
- SepSFátima in September: good
- OctOFátima in October: good
- NovNFátima in November: ok
- DecDFátima in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Fátima
- Chapel of the Apparitions Building in Fátima, Santarém District, Portugal
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary Contains the tombs of two of the little shepherds Francisco and Jacinta Marto (who died in 1919-1920), as well as the tomb of Sister Lucia (who died in 2005).
- Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity This is the newest Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in the Sanctuary of Fátima.
- Parish Church of Fatima Where the three shepherd children were baptised.
- Life of Christ Museum Wax museum in Fátima, Portugal, with 33 depictions of the life of Jesus Christ
- Wax Museum of Fátima It depicts the whole history of Fátima in 31 scenes with 112 wax figures duly set in the décor and ethnography of the apparitions’ period in 1917.
Tours and tickets in Fátima
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Fátima), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 8d | 81% | 6.7h | ok | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 15° | 7d | 78% | 7.6h | good | 15C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 16° | 10d | 77% | 9.0h | ok | 16C max, 10 rainy days |
| Apr | 19° | 10d | 75% | 10.4h | good | 19C max, 10 rainy days |
| May | 22° | 4d | 71% | 11.9h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 25° | 4d | 73% | 12.8h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 28° | 0d | 68% | 13.2h | sweet spot | 28C max, 0 rainy days |
| Aug | 29° | 1d | 69% | 12.3h | sweet spot | 29C max, 1 rainy day |
| Sep | 26° | 3d | 68% | 10.8h | good | 26C max, 3 rainy days |
| Oct | 22° | 8d | 74% | 8.6h | good | 22C max, 8 rainy days |
| Nov | 16° | 10d | 83% | 7.0h | ok | 16C max, 10 rainy days |
| Dec | 14° | 8d | 84% | 6.5h | ok | 14C max, 8 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the town, by the sanctuary: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Fátima's May days now average 22.5°C, 3.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 5 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 12.5° | 13.3° | 15.8° | 16.2° | 18.9° | 23.5° | 26.4° | 26.5° | 25.9° | 20.3° | 16.0° | 13.3° |
| 2017–26 | 13.0° | 15.1° | 16.4° | 19.2° | 22.5° | 24.9° | 28.3° | 28.8° | 26.4° | 22.5° | 16.2° | 13.9° |
| Change | +0.5° | +1.8° | +0.5° | +3.0° | +3.6° | +1.4° | +1.8° | +2.4° | +0.5° | +2.2° | +0.2° | +0.6° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Lisbon (LIS), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Lisbon.
| Lisbon (LIS) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Porto (OPO) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Fátima is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Seville
- from Madrid
- from Málaga
- from Casablanca
- from Valencia
- from Barcelona
- from Toulouse
- from Marseille
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Fátima, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Portugal: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards and cash are both accepted. Use Multibanco cash machines, which mostly charge no fee; Euronet machines charge high fees and poor exchange rates.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected; about 8 to 10% in restaurants for exemplary service. Round up taxi fares and add €1 to €2.
Getting around Fátima
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
It is a short walk from the bus station to the basilicas and the Chapel of the Apparitions. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Fátima, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
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Fátima in pictures
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Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Heribert Bechen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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LLEW, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Heribert Bechen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Fátima is like
Fátima is a world famous Catholic pilgrimage city and civil parish in the municipality of Ourém in Portugal's Beira Litoral region. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The Sanctuary of Fatima, also known as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima and Fatima Shrine, is a group of religious buildings and monumental structures in Cova da Iria, a place in the civil parish (freguesia) of Fatima. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- For Catholics visiting Fátima as a pilgrimage, there are several masses daily at the basilicas and at the Chapel of the Apparitions. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- There are buses to and from Lisbon (1 hour 30 minutes) and Porto (2 hours 30 minutes) at least every hour from dawn to dusk. A round trip can cost up to €25. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Fátima, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Fátima
Also in Portugal
- Algarve best Apr, May, Jun
- Braga best May, Jun, Jul
- Coimbra best May, Jun, Jul
- Lisbon best May, Jun, Jul
- Madeira best May, Jul, Aug
- Nazaré best May, Jun, Jul
- Porto best May, Jun, Jul
- The Azores best Jun, Jul, Aug
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Kind of place
Fátima is in Portugal, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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