Viseu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇹 Portugal · regional city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Viseu is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with August and June close behind. Viseu averages about 2,860 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,860
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 1,018 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 104k
- Elevation
- 624 m
When is the best time to visit Viseu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Viseu is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (12/100, 137 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Viseu?
Viseu gets a lot of sun: around 2,860 hours a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate July (94) from January (12), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 19 destinations in Portugal for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,683 hours. The year's 1,018 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 137 mm | 1 |
| February | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 101 mm | 2 |
| March | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 113 mm | 4 |
| April | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 98 mm | 5 |
| May | 85 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 7 |
| June | 90 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| July | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 12° / 54°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| August | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 20 mm | 8 |
| September | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 47 mm | 6 |
| October | 70 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 139 mm | 4 |
| November | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 138 mm | 2 |
| December | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 122 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Porto Portugal · 88 km · best in Jul · 2,694 h sun/yr
- Vigo Spain · 178 km · best in Jul · 2,384 h sun/yr
- Lisbon Portugal · 241 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Santiago de Compostela Spain · 245 km · best in Jul · 2,387 h sun/yr
- A Coruña Spain · 289 km · best in Jul · 2,186 h sun/yr
- Asturias Spain · 351 km · best in Jul · 2,044 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Vila Real Portugal · 63 km · 2,697 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bragança Portugal · 160 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Salamanca Spain · 202 km · 2,997 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Badajoz Spain · 223 km · 3,143 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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