Portugal

Cascais

Forty minutes on a coastal train from Lisbon, Cascais was where Portuguese royalty went to swim, and it keeps a certain polish: sandy town beaches, a marina, a free bike scheme and ice-cream queues that move fast.

Best forBeach
Approx. flying time~11h 25m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportCascais (CAT)

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About this place

Cycle the seafront path to the crashing Boca do Inferno, or bus out to Guincho for wild Atlantic surf. An easy, elegant first taste of Portugal's coast.

Featured in Ten lovely beach towns for lazy harbourside evenings

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 15°C in January to 25°C in July. Driest in July and August; wettest in October, with rain on about 10 days. The sea is warmest in October at around 19°C, coolest at 15°C.

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August25° · no rain · sea 17°Warm and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — May to September.

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