🇵🇹 Cities in Portugal — API & JSON data

4,738 cities. 20 regions. 16 languages. That's the current coverage for Portugal in the Geomelon API, led by Lisbon at 545,796 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Portugal cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Lisbon	—	545,796
Braga	Braga	181,494
Guimarães	Braga	156,830
Agualva-Cacém	Lisbon	81,020
Queluz	Lisbon	78,273
Guimarães	Braga	54,178
Freguesia de Mafamude	Porto District	38,940
Agualva	—	35,824
Freguesia de Estoril	—	26,399
Freguesia de Cacém	—	21,289

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=pt&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "cf895688-3ff2-42f9-bec0-bac5eb2710cf",
    "name": "Lisbon",
    "population": 545796,
    "countryName": "Portugal",
    "countryCode": "PT",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇹",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "7c048a95-57c3-4efe-a9e8-fbe9de47a50c",
    "name": "Braga",
    "population": 181494,
    "countryName": "Portugal",
    "countryCode": "PT",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇹",
    "regionName": "Braga"
  },
  {
    "id": "6dc35a5f-9483-4796-a565-4a5b4198a2fa",
    "name": "Guimarães",
    "population": 156830,
    "countryName": "Portugal",
    "countryCode": "PT",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇹",
    "regionName": "Braga"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pt&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pt&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Portugal are available in 16 languages.

en: Lisbon
zh: 里斯本
ru: Лиссабон

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 128 Portugal cities as JSON (20 KB, no API key) from the Portugal cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Portugal does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 4,738 cities in Portugal across 20 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Portugal city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Portugal are available in 16 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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