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Best Time for Alentejo: Évora & the Marble Towns
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Sweet spot: February, March, April. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Wildflowers carpet the wheat plains, storks clack on every chimney, and the whitewashed hill towns are warm without the furnace to come.
- The Alentejo routinely tops Portugal's thermometer at 40°C — plan castle mornings, long wine lunches, and Alqueva stargazing after dark.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C | 12.6°C | 64 mm | 9.6 h | |
| February | 3.5°C | 14.0°C | 55 mm | 10.5 h | |
| March | 5.7°C | 17.1°C | 69 mm | 11.7 h | |
| April | 8.1°C | 20.1°C | 60 mm | 13.0 h | |
| May | 11.1°C | 25.0°C | 39 mm | 14.1 h | |
| June | 14.8°C | 30.8°C | 14 mm | 14.7 h | |
| July | 16.9°C | 34.8°C | 4 mm | 14.4 h | |
| August | 17.5°C | 34.8°C | 6 mm | 13.5 h | |
| September | 15.5°C | 30.1°C | 30 mm | 12.2 h | |
| October | 11.6°C | 23.5°C | 90 mm | 11.0 h | |
| November | 6.4°C | 16.5°C | 86 mm | 9.9 h | |
| December | 3.6°C | 13.1°C | 65 mm | 9.3 h |