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Right now in Vila Praia de Âncora: partly cloudy, 17°C, feels like 18°C.
Expect a mostly clear week in Vila Praia de Âncora, with temperatures staying fairly steady between 13°C and 21°C.
Daytime highs this week are close to the October average of 19°C.
Sunrise: 07:44 · Sunset: 18:59 · Day length: 11h 15m
Sea water: 16.1°C, cooling slightly to around 15°C over the coming days
Wave height: 1.8m (min 1.4m on 2026-10-18, max 1.8m on 2026-10-17)
Vila Praia de Âncora water temperature for the next 7 days · Sea temperature along the whole coast
Vila Praia de Âncora lies between Viana do Castelo and Caminha, a small seaside town built around a fishing harbour with a blue-flag beach beside it. The Barrosa dolmen, a megalithic tomb, stands a short way inland. The bay curves enough to take the edge off the swell, which makes it calmer than most of the north coast.
Summers are moderate at 20–24 °C, with the northerly wind in the afternoon and mornings that often start cloudy. Winter is mild at 13–15 °C with plenty of Atlantic rain. The water is cold, about 15–17 °C in summer, but the shelter of the bay and the harbour wall keeps it flatter here than at the open beaches either side.
| Month | Min (°C) | Max (°C) | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3 | 13.2 | 14.1 |
| February | 8.9 | 14.2 | 11.9 |
| March | 9.2 | 14.8 | 15.0 |
| April | 11.0 | 16.4 | 12.5 |
| May | 13.1 | 18.5 | 10.9 |
| June | 15.1 | 20.0 | 9.0 |
| July | 16.7 | 22.0 | 3.4 |
| August | 16.6 | 21.9 | 3.8 |
| September | 15.8 | 21.0 | 7.5 |
| October | 14.1 | 19.1 | 13.4 |
| November | 11.4 | 15.9 | 15.5 |
| December | 9.8 | 14.2 | 16.3 |
Going by Vila Praia de Âncora's own averages, July is both the warmest and the most balanced month: highs near 22 °C and about 3 rainy days. The wettest is December with 16 rainy days.
Averages for 2016–2025. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of precipitation.
In August and September, when it reaches around 16–18 °C. The Minho coast has the coldest water in the country, held down by summer upwelling, so the sea here is refreshing rather than warm even in a heatwave.
It is one of the better options in the north. The bay is partly sheltered by the harbour wall, so the waves are smaller than on the open coast, the sand is clean and the town sits right behind the beach with cafés and toilets. Lifeguards work the beach in season.
The Barrosa dolmen sits a short distance inland and is one of the better-preserved megalithic tombs on this coast. Caminha and the Minho river mouth are ten minutes north, and Viana do Castelo is twenty minutes south, so the town works well as a quieter base for both.