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What wetsuit do you need in Portugal?

The one suit that covers most of the swimming season, for 15 coastal cities in Portugal.

City Coldest Warmest One suit for the season
Lisbon 15.0°C Mar 18.9°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Porto 13.8°C Jan 17.3°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Setúbal 15.0°C Feb 19.2°C Aug nothing, or a rash vest
Funchal 18.8°C Mar 24.2°C Sep nothing, or a rash vest
Aveiro 14.2°C Feb 18.1°C Aug shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Faro 16.2°C Mar 21.2°C Aug nothing, or a rash vest
Figueira da Foz 14.3°C Feb 18.1°C Aug shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Viana do Castelo 13.9°C Feb 17.4°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Vila do Conde 14.0°C Feb 17.5°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Estoril 15.0°C Mar 18.8°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Ponta Delgada 16.7°C Feb 24.2°C Aug nothing
Tavira 15.7°C Mar 22.0°C Aug nothing, or a rash vest
Sines 15.1°C Mar 18.9°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it
Angra do Heroísmo 16.3°C Feb 24.0°C Aug nothing, or a rash vest
Óbidos 14.5°C Mar 18.5°C Sep shorty, or skins if you are used to it

Thicknesses above are for swimming. Surfing the same water wants a step more — most of a session is spent sitting still in the wind rather than moving and immersed. Each city page gives both, along with when you need boots, gloves and a hood.

Sea temperature and swimming season in Portugal →

Boots below 14°C, gloves below 12°C, a hood below 10°C. Where the numbers come from