Postal codes in Portugal


The Portuguese postal code is formed by four digits, a hyphen, then three digits, followed by a postal location of up to 25 characters in capitals.
Avenida Marconi 4C
1000-260 Lisboa
Postal codes are given at the building block level and also to designated addresses with high volumes of mail. The first digit designates one of nine postal regions; the following two digits designate postal distribution centers; the fourth digit is 0 if it belongs to a capital of municipality, 5 if not, or any other digit if it is a designated address; the last three digits sort building blocks and designated addresses. The more important the city, the more rounded is the number formed by the first four digits.

Previous formats

Prior to 1976, only Lisbon had used a system, of six zones.
Avenida Padre Manuel da Nobrega 14, 2º Esq.
Lisboa 1
In 1976, a national postal code system was introduced, with a four-digit structure, and designated addresses added "CODEX" to the postal location:
Instituto de Hidráulicas e Recursos Hídricos
Rua dos Bragas
4099 Porto CODEX
In 1994, three extra digits were introduced and the "codex" expression was dropped.

Postal regions

Postal regions :
  1. - City of Lisbon
  2. - Estremadura e Ribatejo: Lisbon metropolitan area, Santarém District and parts of Leiria District
  3. - Beira Litoral: Coimbra and Aveiro districts and part of Leira and Viseu districts
  4. - Minho e Douro Litoral: Viana do Castelo, Braga District and Porto District and part of Viseu and Vila Real Districts
  5. - Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro: Bragança District, most of Vila Real District and northern parts of Viseu District and Guarda District
  6. - Beira Interior: Castelo Branco District and Guarda District and northern tip of Portalegre District
  7. - Alentejo: Beja District and Évora District and parts of Portalegre District and Setúbal District
  8. - Algarve: Faro District
  9. - Madeira Islands and Azores
Note that, although the regions' names are connected to the provinces of Portugal of 1936, their limits are not exactly the same.
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Postal codes for main cities

Porto: 4000, 4050, 4100, 4150, 4200, 4250, 4300 and 4350
Aveiro: 3800 and 3810
Beja: 7800
Braga: 4700, 4705, 4710 and 4715
Bragança: 5300
Castelo Branco: 6000
Coimbra: 3000, 3020, 3025, 3030, 3040 and 3045
Évora: 7000 and 7005
Faro: 8000 and 8005
Funchal: 9000, 9020, 9030 and 9050
Guarda: 6300
Leiria: 2400, 2405, 2410, 2415 and 2420
Ponta Delgada: 9500
Portalegre: 7300
Santarém: 2000 and 2005
Setúbal: 2900 and 2910
Viana do Castelo: 4900
Vila Real: 5000
Viseu: 3500, 3505, 3510 and 3515