Coimbra

Coimbra é uma lição. | Coimbra is a lesson. | Local saying.

Why visit

Coimbra is a Portugal university city for libraries, hill streets, fado, river views, cafes, and a strong stop between Lisbon and Porto. It works when the trip wants scholarship and atmosphere together.

When to avoid

Do not visit Coimbra expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. A route through Coimbra works best when opening days, transport, weather, and distance are treated as cultural logistics, not afterthoughts. For Coimbra, group stops tightly, verify hours, and use a ride when transit, darkness, or neighborhood conditions make that wiser. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Coimbra as a base rather than the whole destination.

Plan Coimbra

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Coimbra

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Fog

27° / 20°

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Wed

Overcast

28° / 19°

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Thu

Partly cloudy

29° / 18°

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Fri

Fog

29° / 19°

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Sat

Fog

28° / 17°

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Sun

Fog

28° / 19°

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Mon

Fog

33° / 16°

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Climate

Cool and wet season (Oct-Apr)

About 83% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 15°C, lows around 5°C.

Warmer dry season (May-Sep)

Typical highs around 28°C, lows around 12°C. About 28mm of rain a month.

In August 4

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Weather

31° / 14°

Typical high / low

0 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

13.8h

06:44 – 20:32local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest VSE · 73 km

Getting around Coimbra

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

FlixBus-euBlaBlaCar BusFlixBus-deCP Daytrip Shuttle ALSA

Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Coimbra

Coimbra, officially the City of Coimbra, is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi). It is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, and is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Central Region. About 460,000 people live in its intermunicipal community.

Area: 319 km²
Airport codes: CBP

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