How cold is Portugal winter?

Don't expect a white christmas! For an European country, it is very warm. Lisbon, the capital and largest city, never got bellow zero in recorded history. read more

The North of Portugal is rainier and colder, the South closer to Mediterranean weather, albeit Portugal is not per se a Mediterranean country. In the mountains it’s drier and it snows in the winter, due to altitude. Madeira has a subtropical climate closer to the one they have in the Canary Islands nearby. read more

Being a bit of a sun worshiper, one of my wife's chief concerns is how cold it will get in the winter in the different regions of Portugal. Her preference is that it doesn't get too cold and miserable wherever we decide to live. read more