Rio Maior
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| Coordinates: 39°20′N 8°56′W / 39.333°N 8.933°W / 39.333; -8.933 | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Oeste e Vale do Tejo |
| Intermunic. comm. | Lezíria do Tejo |
| District | Santarém |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Government | |
| • President | Luís Filipe Santana Dias (PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 272.76 km2 (105.31 sq mi) |
| Population
(2011)
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| • Total | 21,192 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Local holiday | November 6 |
| Website | http://www.cm-riomaior.pt |
Rio Maior (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.
Administratively, the municipality is divided into ten civil parishes (freguesias):[3]
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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
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