Skip to content
coastya
Satellite view of Praia do Alto do Viso; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Praia do Alto do Viso

PortugalCoimbra · Portugal · Atlantic Ocean

40.1586, -8.8738 · Buarcos, 1 km

  • 18°Sea · August
  • 27°High · August
  • 11.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Praia do Alto do Viso. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Praia do Alto do Viso in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 17°CSea temperature
  • 6.2 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month112 mm in total
  • 10 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2013 season
  • AccessibleWheelchair accessOfficial list, Portuguese Environment Agency
  • 30Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 104 kmAirport: Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.8 °C — 0.5 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September18 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August11 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August8 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan14°4 h108 mm
  2. Feb14°6 h78 mm
  3. Mar14°7 h84 mm
  4. Apr15°8 h77 mm
  5. May16°10 h51 mm
  6. Jun18°10 h23 mm
  7. Jul18°11 h8 mm
  8. Aug18°11 h14 mm
  9. Sep18°9 h38 mm
  10. Oct17°6 h112 mm
  11. Nov16°5 h118 mm
  12. Dec15°4 h94 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 15°May: 16°Jun: 18°Jul: 18°Aug: 18°Sep: 18°Oct: 17°Nov: 16°Dec: 15°14°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Feb: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)Mar: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 8°)Apr: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 9°)May: 16 °C (High 22° / Low 11°)Jun: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Jul: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 15°)Aug: 21 °C (High 27° / Low 15°)Sep: 20 °C (High 26° / Low 14°)Oct: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)Nov: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 9°)Dec: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)21°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 108 mmFeb: 78 mmMar: 84 mmApr: 77 mmMay: 51 mmJun: 23 mmJul: 8 mm8Aug: 14 mmSep: 38 mmOct: 112 mmNov: 118 mm118Dec: 94 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.3 h4.3Feb: 5.9 hMar: 6.6 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 9.8 hJun: 10.4 hJul: 11.3 h11.3Aug: 10.6 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 6.2 hNov: 4.8 hDec: 4.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Praia do Alto do Viso: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Praia do Alto do Viso: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January13614108134.310
February1461478105.911
March1681484106.611
April1891577118.110
May2211165199.810
June24141823410.410
July2615188211.311
Augustwarmest sea27151814310.610
September2614183868.89
October221217112126.210
November17916118144.810
December1461594134.411

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Praia do Alto do Viso: Figueira da Foz - Portugal (5734583405)
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Praia do Alto do Viso: Figueira da Foz - Portugal (8977278081)
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER20 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20204 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.120 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.3 km away
Wheelchair accessOfficial list, Portuguese Environment Agencyat this spot
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

See every data source →