Municipality in Santarém, Portugal
Municipality in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
Rio Maior (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u mɐˈjɔɾ] ⓘ ) is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,192,[ 1] in an area of 272.76 km².[ 2]
The present mayor is Isaura Morais of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) , the first woman to be elected mayor in the municipality. The municipal holiday is November 6.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into ten civil parishes (freguesias ):[ 3]
Alcobertas
Arrouquelas
Asseiceira
Azambujeira e Malaqueijo
Fráguas
Marmeleira e Assentiz
Outeiro da Cortiçada e Arruda dos Pisões
Rio Maior
São João da Ribeira e Ribeira de São João
São Sebastião
Climate
Rio Maior has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Rio Maior registered a temperature of 44.9 °C (112.8 °F) on 4 August 2018[ 4] and −6.2 °C (20.8 °F) on January and February.[ 5]
Climate data for Rio Maior, 1961-1990 normals, 1984-2020 precipitation
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
22.1 (71.8)
26.4 (79.5)
27.2 (81.0)
29.0 (84.2)
37.0 (98.6)
41.7 (107.1)
40.7 (105.3)
41.4 (106.5)
39.8 (103.6)
34.4 (93.9)
28.7 (83.7)
22.8 (73.0)
41.7 (107.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
14.7 (58.5)
15.4 (59.7)
17.6 (63.7)
18.9 (66.0)
21.5 (70.7)
25.0 (77.0)
27.7 (81.9)
28.3 (82.9)
27.4 (81.3)
23.0 (73.4)
17.9 (64.2)
15.1 (59.2)
21.0 (69.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)
9.1 (48.4)
10.2 (50.4)
11.8 (53.2)
13.3 (55.9)
15.7 (60.3)
18.8 (65.8)
21.2 (70.2)
21.5 (70.7)
20.2 (68.4)
16.6 (61.9)
12.3 (54.1)
9.7 (49.5)
15.0 (59.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
3.5 (38.3)
5.0 (41.0)
6.0 (42.8)
7.7 (45.9)
9.9 (49.8)
12.6 (54.7)
14.7 (58.5)
14.7 (58.5)
13.0 (55.4)
10.2 (50.4)
6.7 (44.1)
4.3 (39.7)
9.0 (48.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
104.0 (4.09)
72.2 (2.84)
55.1 (2.17)
63.7 (2.51)
58.9 (2.32)
16.5 (0.65)
8.2 (0.32)
6.4 (0.25)
40.5 (1.59)
96.0 (3.78)
113.4 (4.46)
113.8 (4.48)
748.7 (29.46)
Average relative humidity (%)
88
85
78
74
71
70
68
66
71
81
87
89
77
Source: IPMA ,[ 5] Portuguese Environment Agency[ 6]
Notable people
References
External links
International National Geographic