Mora, Portugal


Mora, officially the Town of Mora, is a town and municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,978, in an area of 443.95 km2.
The present Mayor is Paula Cristina Calado Chuço, elected by the Socialist Party in 2021. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.
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Climate

Mora is situated at 58 m height near the river Sorraia. It has mild, humid winters but warm to hot and very dry summers. The meteorological station is situated at 120 m height and therefore shows slightly lower temperatures than measured in Mora proper. Nevertheless, on the 29 June 2025 it registered 46.6 degrees Celsius, a new Portuguese record for the month of June eclipsing the 45.4 C which was reached in Alvega just a day before. This value also meant a new Iberian record, beating the recent record of El Granado in Spain of 46.0 C just a day earlier representing a new European heat record for June.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes :

Notable people