Buying a property: how dry does it get?

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1. Very dry.

2. There’s no place in Portugal that turns “into a desert” in the summer – this is not Murcia, Spain. That being said, the driest region is Alentejo (the further inland you go the drier it gets) whereas the greenest (and also the wettest) region is Minho in the northwest.

3. Very dry. BTW its illegal to start an off grid homestead in Portugal, even more in rustic land, even more in that area that is extremely prone to forrest fires and burns often. I dont want to lecture you but the countryside here is not like the one in the UK or most France, in the summer there’s almost no water and the forrest fires are massive

4. From your map it look like Penacova/Tábua/Arganil. It usually don’t get extremely dry. It is in a valley and near a dam with a huge reservoir, so it retains a fair good amount of air humidity.

   But having lived near the area, I can also say that every summer it is getting unusually drier. Portugal as a whole is getting drier. Climate change is not doing Portugal any favour.

5. There’s no place in Portugal, except maybe some places in Alentejo where it goes from luxurious green to desert dry in a season. I mean, the air near that spot in the map can be dry, really dry in mid August, but you’ll always have water sources, rivers keep flowing and the forest remains green.

   Having said that, let me underline that building a house in the wild in Portugal is illegal, either you buy a land where you’re sure that you’re allowed to build or you’re screwed. Another option is buying land that already has a old house, even if it’s falling to pieces and then maybe you can apply to restore it even it its in a no construction zone.

6. It doesn’t get extremely dry, but it gets dry. During the summer/autmnum it doesn’t rain much, and generally there is one or two weeks of over 30C temperatures. It doesn’t help that the original oak forest is almost gone nowadays, but it is much worse south of the Tagus river. You can search that region’s climate on the internet. Good luck.

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8. > off-grid homestead no pinhal interior

   Vive lá gente com fartura, se fosse deserto nao vivia ninguém.

   Mas *off the grid* no meio de eucaliptal… Bem, quando vier o primeiro incêndio logo percebes.

9. ipma.pt should have what you are looking for, maps for rain/water for certain months and cold hours which are obviously important for fruit trees.

   What others are saying is true about you not being able to build the house yourself, btw.