Best time to visit Lisbon
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
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| Jan | 14° | 8d | 80% | 7.2h | ok | 14C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 16° | 7d | 78% | 8.0h | good | 16C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 17° | 8d | 75% | 9.4h | good | 17C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 20° | 8d | 73% | 10.9h | good | 20C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 23° | 3d | 68% | 12.4h | sweet spot | 23C max, 3 rainy days |
| Jun | 25° | 3d | 70% | 13.1h | sweet spot busy | peak: Ideal summer weather, high demand among tourists. |
| Jul | 28° | 0d | 66% | 13.2h | sweet spot busy | peak: Ideal summer weather, high demand among tourists. |
| Aug | 29° | 1d | 67% | 12.3h | sweet spot busy | peak: Ideal summer weather, high demand among tourists. |
| Sep | 26° | 3d | 69% | 10.9h | sweet spot | 26C max, 3 rainy days |
| Oct | 23° | 7d | 73% | 8.9h | good | 23C max, 7 rainy days |
| Nov | 18° | 9d | 81% | 7.3h | ok | 18C max, 9 rainy days |
| Dec | 15° | 8d | 82% | 7.2h | ok | 15C max, 8 rainy days |
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.
Getting there
How far Lisbon is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Madrid
- from Casablanca
- from Barcelona
- from Paris
- from London
- from Dublin
- from Brussels
- from Zurich
The year in Lisbon
Lisbon has a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers. The peak tourist season occurs in summer when the weather is warm and sunny, while spring and fall offer more moderate conditions and less crowding.
| Busiest |
early Jun to late Aug — Ideal summer weather, high demand among tourists.
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| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to late May — Pleasant spring weather and fewer crowds.
early Sep to late Oct — Milder temperatures and reduced tourist traffic.
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This section was written by a language model from the climate figures above, and nobody has checked it. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe. The busiest and quieter periods here also count toward the crowd score, which is 20% of the ranking.
The rest of the trip
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