The districts of Bragança, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Évora and Beja will be under orange warning until 18:00 on Tuesday due to high temperature values.

Also because of the hot weather, the IPMA placed the districts of Vila Real, Viseu, Santarém and Setúbal under a yellow warning until 6:00 pm on Tuesday and that of Braga until 6:00 pm today.

According to IPMA, the district of Guarda today presents “extreme risk” of exposure to ultraviolet radiation and the other districts of the country are at “very high” risk.

The IPMA recommends for regions at extreme risk to avoid sun exposure as much as possible.

The maximum temperatures predicted for today vary between 26 degrees celsius in Aveiro and 41 in Évora.