Portugal / Braga
Praia Fluvial de Adaúfe
Praia Fluvial de Adaúfe is an inland beach, 1.6 km south-east of Lago (Braga, Portugal). Average daytime highs peak at 28 °C in August and drop to 9 °C in January.
Weather month by month
October at Praia Fluvial de Adaúfe
Beach-day index 3.8/10 · Portugal median 6.6
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 9° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 18° | 12° | 10° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 143 | 95 | 122 | 95 | 68 | 44 | 25 | 33 | 46 | 152 | 144 | 138 |
| Cloud % | 59 | 52 | 55 | 52 | 46 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 50 | 53 | 56 |
| Wind m/s | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Daylight h | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-5° | 20°/-5° | 23°/-6° | 26°/-2° | 32°/-0° | 38°/5° | 38°/6° | 39°/6° | 38°/5° | 32°/-1° | 23°/-3° | 17°/-5° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
Setting
Within 1 km, the land is 57% tree cover, 18% grassland and 13% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 8% of that circle.
- Tree 57%
- Grass 18%
- Crop 13%
- Built 11%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m).
This is not a sea beach, so no sea-temperature normals are shown.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Adaúfe”, 70 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–September; July scores 9.3/10 with highs of 28 °C and 25 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.6 points above the median of the 344 beaches in Portugal covered by this atlas.
October is the wettest month (152 mm) and July the driest (25 mm); the yearly total is about 1,110 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in December to 15.2 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:11 and sets at 21:07 local time.
Facilities within 1 km
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Hotels & guesthouses
- 10Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant. Accommodation: 1 hotel or guesthouse.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Photos
From above
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport Porto | OPO | 46.2 km | south-west |
| Vila Real Airport Vila Real | VRL | 68.1 km | south-east |
| Vigo Airport Vigo | VGO | 71.7 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 10 bus stops within 1.5 km and 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
21 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 316.5K residents); within 30 km there are 79 (about 691.3K).
Reference
Praia Fluvial de Adaúfe has an article on the PT Wikipedia: Praia fluvial de Adaúfe.
Wikidata item Q18464862 · classified as river beach.
When people look it up
The PT Wikipedia article was read 248 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (53 views), 13.3× the quietest month.
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_29TNG_20240322_0_L2A.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site PTCP3J).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 9.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.