Back to your Lisbon guideTwo cities, your choice

Lisbon or Porto?

Same month. Same measures. A little more clarity before you choose.

Lisbon cityscape
OCTOBER IN

Lisbon

23°Caverage daily high
15°Caverage daily low
97.7 mmmonthly precipitation
8.6wet days, at least 1 mm

Riverfront squares, an expansive downtown, and several neighborhoods to explore. The Baixa walk is a compact place to begin.

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Porto cityscape
OCTOBER IN

Porto

20°Caverage daily high
13°Caverage daily low
142.7 mmmonthly precipitation
11.2wet days, at least 1 mm

A second city to explore beside the Douro. Use the original city guide and check the terrain of any walk you choose.

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Lisbon fits that weather preference better in October.

Lisbon has lower average precipitation in the selected month. The difference is 45.0 mm; neither place comes with a guarantee of dry days. This comparison does not measure hotel prices, crowds or how much you’ll enjoy a city.

Like-for-like periods, different station settings

Both datasets cover 1981–2010, an older historical baseline. Lisbon uses the Instituto Geofísico station; Porto uses Pedras Rubras, near the airport. Their surroundings differ from individual streets and viewpoints. Sources were checked in September 2026.

IPMA Lisbon dataIPMA Porto data