Lisbon
Capital of Portugal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lisboa837: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. About 517,802 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Portugal in our atlas.
It lies at 38.73° N, 9.15° W, about 68 m (223 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Lisbon time zone.
Location
Red dot: Lisbon. Green dots: other major cities of Portugal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lisbon has a Mediterranean (warm summer) climate (Köppen Csb). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 23°C (73°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 11°C (51°F). Around 541 mm (21 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PortugalNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Amadora · 8 km
- Setúbal · 32 km
- Leiria · 117 km
- Coimbra · 176 km
- Viseu · 240 km
- Porto · 273 km
- Braga · 320 km
- Funchal · 952 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2267057 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q597 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lisboa837: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- LuzLissabon: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estádio José Alvalade antes do jogo Sporting - Arouca: Megutim, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plaza del Comercio, Lisboa, Portugal, 2012-05-12, DD 01-03 PAN: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pavilhão Atlântico - dynamosquito: dynamosquito from France, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Main Entrance): Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MNAA: Fulviusbsas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torre Vasco da Gama (Lisboa): Pedro Henrique Pinho, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2021-04-20: RickMorais, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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