Vila Real weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇹 Portugal · small town · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Vila Real is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with August and June close behind. Vila Real averages about 2,697 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,697

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

92/100

Rain / year

980 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

17k

Elevation

553 m

When is the best time to visit Vila Real?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Vila Real is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (6/100, 131 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Vila Real?

Vila Real gets a lot of sun: around 2,697 hours a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate July (92) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 19 destinations in Portugal for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,683 hours. The year's 980 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Porto Portugal · 80 km · best in Jul · 2,694 h sun/yr
• Vigo Spain · 130 km · best in Jul · 2,384 h sun/yr
• Santiago de Compostela Spain · 189 km · best in Jul · 2,387 h sun/yr
• A Coruña Spain · 232 km · best in Jul · 2,186 h sun/yr
• Asturias Spain · 290 km · best in Jul · 2,044 h sun/yr
• Lisbon Portugal · 302 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Viseu Portugal · 63 km · 2,860 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Bragança Portugal · 106 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Salamanca Spain · 189 km · 2,997 h sun/yr · best in Jul