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Marinha Grande Municipality

Located in Leiria District, Portugal Coordinates: 39°46′37″ N 8°57′00″ W

Marinha Grande Municipality
Vieira de Leiria · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
38,681
38.7K
Elevation
96 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/Lisbon · UTC+00:00
Places inside
3
listed under Marinha Grande Municipality
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
LIS Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport112 km
CAT Cascais Airport122 km

About Marinha Grande Municipality

Marinha Grande Municipality is a district. Location: Leiria District, Portugal. Population: 38,681.

From Wikipedia

Marinha Grande (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɲɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃dɨ] ) is a municipality in the Leiria District, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 39,032, in an area of 187.25 km². The city itself has a population of 32,330. It is located right in the middle of the 700-year-old Leiria pine forest covering 100 square kilometres, and near excellent beaches such as Praia da Vieira, Nazaré, and São Pedro de Moel.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
187 km²
Official website
cm-mgrande.pt

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Marinha Grande Municipality

From Wikivoyage

Marinha Grande is a city in Estremadura, Portugal.

Understand+

Marinha Grande (muh-REE-nyuh GRUHN-d(ih), /mɐ.ˈɾi.ɲɐ ˈgɾɐ̃.dɨ/) municipality has 38,681 residents (2011), with about 10,500 living in the city proper.

Visitor information:

1 Posto de Turismo (Tourist Information Office), Largo 5 de Outubro 3, ☏ +351 244 566 644, geral@cm-mgrande.pt. (updated Jul 2021)

Get in+

1 Estação Ferroviária de Marinha Grande (Marinha Grande rail station). PDF timetable. Marinha Grande is served by the Linha do Oeste between Lisbon and Coimbra. (updated Jul 2021)

Long-distance coach service is provided by Rede Expressos, and regional bus service is available from Rodoviária do Lis.

Marinha Grande is at the junction of the A8 (Autoestrada do Oeste) and A17 (Autoestrada do Litoral Centro) motorways.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Marinha Grande Municipality

  • Leiria Municipality

Climate of Marinha Grande Municipality

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

Outside the best season

Day 17° · Night 10° · Rain 97 mm

Hottest month
August (day 25°)
Coldest month
January (night 7°)
Wettest month
January (107 mm)
Driest month
July (8 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Marinha Grande Municipality
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)14°15°17°18°20°23°25°25°24°21°17°15°
Average low (°C)7°8°9°10°12°14°16°16°15°13°10°8°
Precipitation (mm)1078662656128811338497107

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Marinha Grande Municipality

The nearest airport is Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), 112 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lisbon, 118 km to the south.

Airports

  • Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) Lisbon 112 kmsouth
  • Cascais Airport (CAT) Cascais 122 kmsouth
  • Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE) Viseu 139 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Lisbon Population: 517.8K 118 kmsouth
  • Setúbal Population: 118.2K 139 kmsouth
  • Porto Population: 252.7K 155 kmnorth
  • Badajoz Population: 150.5K 198 kmsoutheast
  • Braga Population: 193.3K 202 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Marinha Grande Municipality

Within 100 km: 14 historic and cultural sites, 104 natural sites.

0–25 km4 places

  • Serra da Pevide Mountain 24 kmS
  • Serra Galega Mountain 24 kmSE
  • Caramulo Mountain 22 kmSE
  • Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande Landmark 5 kmS

25–60 km40 places

  • Cabeço Gordo Mountain 28 kmSE
  • Cabeço Gordo Mountain 55 kmSE
  • Cabeço do Vento Mountain 31 kmSE
  • Cabeço Vedeiro Mountain 27 kmSE

60–100 km74 places

  • Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra Attraction 66 kmNE
  • Alto da Lousa Mountain 98 kmNE
  • Alto da Louriceira Mountain 98 kmNE
  • Cabeço do Gato Mountain 92 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Marinha Grande Municipality

3 places
  1. 1 Marinha Grande 32.3K
  2. 2 Vieira de Leiria 5.4K
  3. 3 Moita 1.3K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources