Climate and average weather in Porto de Mós
In Porto de Mós, the summers are warm, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, breezy, and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Porto de Mós typically varies from 12°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 25°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Porto de Mós for warm-weather activities is from late May to early October.
- Hottest
- Aug
- 23°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 12°
- Wettest
- Dec
- 82 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 437 mm
- 58 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.4–14.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 18 m
- 37.1°N
- Clearest
- Jul
- 11% cloud
Porto de Mós weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early October.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Porto de Mós, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from June 14 to October 9, with daily high temperatures above 21°C. The hottest month of the year in Porto de Mós is August, with an average high of 23°C and low of 19°C.
The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from December 3 to April 1, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Porto de Mós is January, with an average low of 12°C and high of 15°C.
Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
| Avg low (°C) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 12 |
| Feb | 15 | 12 |
| Mar | 16 | 13 |
| Apr | 17 | 14 |
| May | 19 | 16 |
| Jun | 21 | 18 |
| Jul | 22 | 19 |
| Aug | 23 | 19 |
| Sep | 22 | 19 |
| Oct | 20 | 17 |
| Nov | 18 | 15 |
| Dec | 16 | 13 |
Average hourly temperature in Porto de Mós
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 12°C.
Porto de Mós weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15° / 12° | 54 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 4.9 |
| Feb | 15° / 12° | 47 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 5.0 |
| Mar | 16° / 13° | 48 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 5.6 |
| Apr | 17° / 14° | 37 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 6.1 |
| May | 19° / 16° | 22 | 4.1 | 14 | 7.3 |
| Jun | 21° / 18° | 4 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 8.5 |
| Jul | 22° / 19° | 0 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 9.2 |
| Aug | 23° / 19° | 2 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 9.2 |
| Sep | 22° / 19° | 17 | 2.7 | 12.3 | 8.4 |
| Oct | 20° / 17° | 60 | 6.8 | 11 | 7.1 |
| Nov | 18° / 15° | 65 | 7.8 | 10 | 6.2 |
| Dec | 16° / 13° | 82 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 5.3 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Porto de Mós gets about 437 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 7.2 months, from around Oct 4 to May 10, peaking in December at about 28% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 15.
December is the wettest month by volume, with 82 mm over about 8 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 25 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 27 |
| Rain days | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 8 |
| Feb | 23 | 6 |
| Mar | 21 | 7 |
| Apr | 20 | 6 |
| May | 13 | 4 |
| Jun | 3 | 1 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 1 | 0 |
| Sep | 9 | 3 |
| Oct | 22 | 7 |
| Nov | 25 | 8 |
| Dec | 27 | 8 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Porto de Mós collects about 437 mm of rain across 58 wet days — roughly 36 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 82 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 54 | 47 | 48 | 37 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 60 | 65 | 82 |
| Rain days | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54 | 8 |
| Feb | 47 | 6 |
| Mar | 48 | 7 |
| Apr | 37 | 6 |
| May | 22 | 4 |
| Jun | 4 | 1 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 2 | 0 |
| Sep | 17 | 3 |
| Oct | 60 | 7 |
| Nov | 65 | 8 |
| Dec | 82 | 8 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Porto de Mós, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 6 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 2. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 3 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 5. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 44% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 59 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 77 | 88 | 97 | 95 | 82 | 64 | 61 | 56 |
| Cloudier (%) | 41 | 40 | 36 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 39 | 44 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 41 |
| Feb | 60 | 40 |
| Mar | 64 | 36 |
| Apr | 69 | 31 |
| May | 77 | 23 |
| Jun | 88 | 12 |
| Jul | 97 | 3 |
| Aug | 95 | 5 |
| Sep | 82 | 18 |
| Oct | 64 | 36 |
| Nov | 61 | 39 |
| Dec | 56 | 44 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 22, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 21, only 9 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:53 | 7:32 | 6:53 | 6:06 | 5:32 | 5:19 | 5:31 | 5:56 | 6:22 | 6:49 | 7:21 | 7:47 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:35 | 6:07 | 6:36 | 7:03 | 7:30 | 7:51 | 7:50 | 7:22 | 6:36 | 5:51 | 5:19 | 5:15 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.7 | 7:53 | 5:35 |
| Feb | 10.6 | 7:32 | 6:07 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 6:53 | 6:36 |
| Apr | 12.9 | 6:06 | 7:03 |
| May | 14.0 | 5:32 | 7:30 |
| Jun | 14.5 | 5:19 | 7:51 |
| Jul | 14.3 | 5:31 | 7:50 |
| Aug | 13.4 | 5:56 | 7:22 |
| Sep | 12.3 | 6:22 | 6:36 |
| Oct | 11.0 | 6:49 | 5:51 |
| Nov | 10.0 | 7:21 | 5:19 |
| Dec | 9.5 | 7:47 | 5:15 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Porto de Mós averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 11 and 28 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.7 months, from around May 13 to Oct 2. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is December, down near 11 sunny days — about 59% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | Mixed |
| Feb | 13 | Mixed |
| Mar | 15 | Mixed |
| Apr | 15 | Mixed |
| May | 19 | Bright |
| Jun | 23 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 28 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 27 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 21 | Bright |
| Oct | 15 | Bright |
| Nov | 14 | Mixed |
| Dec | 12 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Porto de Mós, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around June 8 to November 2. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 84% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 3 to June 7, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 88 | 90 | 85 | 73 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 58 | 75 |
| Comfortable (%) | 11 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 52 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 23 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 69 | 68 | 55 | 43 | 12 | 2 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 88 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 90 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 73 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 42 | 49 | 8 | 0 |
| Jun | 10 | 52 | 37 | 1 |
| Jul | 1 | 25 | 69 | 5 |
| Aug | 1 | 15 | 68 | 16 |
| Sep | 4 | 24 | 55 | 17 |
| Oct | 18 | 32 | 43 | 7 |
| Nov | 58 | 29 | 12 | 1 |
| Dec | 75 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Porto de Mós is typically breezy, near 20 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 2.6 months, from around May 29 to Aug 16. The windiest month is July, averaging about 22 km/h (breezy).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 17 to Dec 4, with October the calmest month at about 18 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 |
| Feels | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | breezy | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | breezy |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | breezy |
| Feb | 21 | breezy |
| Mar | 21 | breezy |
| Apr | 21 | breezy |
| May | 20 | breezy |
| Jun | 21 | breezy |
| Jul | 22 | breezy |
| Aug | 20 | breezy |
| Sep | 18 | light breeze |
| Oct | 18 | light breeze |
| Nov | 19 | light breeze |
| Dec | 21 | breezy |
Best time to visit Porto de Mós
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Porto de Mós throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late September, Porto de Mós is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Porto de Mós for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the third week of July.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| Rating | fair | fair | good | good | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | good | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | fair |
| Feb | 5.0 | fair |
| Mar | 5.6 | good |
| Apr | 6.1 | good |
| May | 7.3 | good |
| Jun | 8.5 | ideal |
| Jul | 9.2 | ideal |
| Aug | 9.2 | ideal |
| Sep | 8.3 | ideal |
| Oct | 7.1 | good |
| Nov | 6.2 | good |
| Dec | 5.3 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Porto de Mós for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the second week of August.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Porto de Mós, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker. In the cold season around January (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer.
In August, Porto de Mós sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker.
Sea temperature near Porto de Mós
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 20°C and coldest in February near 15°C.
The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
| Comfort | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Cool | Refreshing | Cool | Cool | Cool |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | Cool |
| Feb | 15 | Cool |
| Mar | 15 | Cool |
| Apr | 16 | Cool |
| May | 17 | Cool |
| Jun | 19 | Cool |
| Jul | 19 | Cool |
| Aug | 20 | Cool |
| Sep | 20 | Refreshing |
| Oct | 19 | Cool |
| Nov | 18 | Cool |
| Dec | 17 | Cool |
UV index (midday) in Porto de Mós by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Porto de Mós peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | Very high | Very high | High | High | Moderate | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3 | Moderate |
| Mar | 7 | High |
| Apr | 8 | Very high |
| May | 7 | Very high |
| Jun | 9 | Very high |
| Jul | 10 | Very high |
| Aug | 9 | Very high |
| Sep | 6 | High |
| Oct | 5 | High |
| Nov | 3 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Porto de Mós
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 2.5 | 6 | 7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 2.5 | 0 |
| Mar | 6 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 7 | 4 |
| May | 7.5 | 4 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| Sep | 6.5 | 2 |
| Oct | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
Porto de Mós is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Porto de Mós banks about 2,559 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 110 | 98 | 138 | 161 | 218 | 271 | 320 | 334 | 308 | 271 | 187 | 143 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 110 |
| Feb | 98 |
| Mar | 138 |
| Apr | 161 |
| May | 218 |
| Jun | 271 |
| Jul | 320 |
| Aug | 334 |
| Sep | 308 |
| Oct | 271 |
| Nov | 187 |
| Dec | 143 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Porto de Mós receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.9 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 23. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3.7 | Moderate |
| Mar | 5.0 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.2 | Intense |
| May | 7.2 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.8 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.8 | Intense |
| Aug | 7.0 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.6 | Bright |
| Oct | 4.0 | Bright |
| Nov | 2.9 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2.3 | Moderate |
Where is Porto de Mós?
Porto de Mós sits at 37.1°N, 8.7°W, 18 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Lagos, 2.0 km away.
Topography around Porto de Mós
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Porto de Mós.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Porto de Mós has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 894 m.
The land around Porto de Mós is covered by water (59%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (54%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.
Portugal travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 1
- Exercise Normal Precautions
- Power plugs
- Type C / E / F
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 60% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $32,082
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.0 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 95%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 0.7
- per 100k, 2022
- Road deaths
- 8.2
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- English
- Very high
- EF EPI 612
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Porto de Mós (37.0853°, -8.6837°, elevation 18 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).