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Sunlit Alentejo hillside with olive trees under a hot sky — IPMA's Saturday outlook calls 35°C in the Alentejo Sun-Tue under a North African air mass.

IPMA Forecasts 35°C in the Alentejo and Tejo Valley From Sunday Through Tuesday as a North African Air Mass Drives the First Sustained Heat Spell of 2026 — DGS Reissues the Mid-Day Sun Advisory and Hydration Note Into the Long Weekend

IPMA's Saturday-evening outlook calls 35°C across the Alentejo and Tejo Valley between Sunday and Tuesday as a North African air mass with Saharan dust drives mainland Portugal's first sustained heat spell of 2026 — DGS reissues the hydration and mid-day sun advisory ahead of the long weekend.
The Portugal Brief
IPMA Calls a Hot, Showery 1.º de Maio Long Weekend With 28°C in Beja and 31°C in Santarém — Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda on Yellow Rain Alert as Above-Normal Temperatures Run Through 17 May

IPMA Calls a Hot, Showery 1.º de Maio Long Weekend With 28°C in Beja and 31°C in Santarém — Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda on Yellow Rain Alert as Above-Normal Temperatures Run Through 17 May

IPMA's forecast for the 1 May long weekend has Beja and Santarém at 28°C on Saturday and Santarém touching 31°C on Sunday, with showers and thunderstorms in interior and mountain regions. Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda are under a yellow rain advisory; above-normal temperatures run to 17 May.
The Portugal Brief