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Portugal GIS data sources

Region
Southern Europe
ISO 3166
PT · PRT
Sources
12
Themes
13
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Portugal: 12 sources across 13 themes, led by Direção-Geral do Território and AMA. 6 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation including LiDAR. 4 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Portugal

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Direção-Geral do Território · Portugal

    Official boundaries of districts, municipalities and parishes.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    dgterritorio.gov.pt

    Verified

  • INE BGRI 2021 census geography (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Nacional de Estatística

    Download of the 2021 census statistical subsections (BGRI) with census results.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    mapas.ine.pt

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Elevation / DEM 1

Free DEM, LiDAR and elevation data for every country

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • IPMA API (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera · Portugal

    Weather observations, forecasts, sea state and seismicity.

    • Climate & weather
    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    JSON
    Link
    api.ipma.pt

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • LNEG geoPortal (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia · Portugal

    Geological and mineral resources maps.

    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    geoportal.lneg.pt

    Verified

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

  • Instituto Hidrográfico (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Portuguese Navy · Portugal waters

    Hydrographic office: nautical charts, tides and oceanographic data.

    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    hidrografico.pt

    Verified

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

  • SNIAmb (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente · Portugal

    National environmental information system: water, coast, air and hazards.

    • Environment
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS, Shapefile
    Link
    sniamb.apambiente.pt

    Verified

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • dados.gov.pt (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    AMA

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    dados.gov.pt

    Verified

  • SNIG (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Direção-Geral do Território

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    snig.dgterritorio.gov.pt

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Portugal

Worldwide and continental layers that include Portugal, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Geology
Marine & coastal
Environment
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