What Portugal searched for on 24 September 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 22:20: imposto único de circulação (20K+), mosquito (5K+), combustíveis (2K+), ciclone tropical (2K+), campolide (2K+), anticiclone (1K+).

• imposto único de circulação20K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  The tax authority has reminded drivers that the IUC, the annual car tax, is now due. For now, it is paid in the month the car was first registered: if your car was registered in September, you have until 30 September to pay. You generate the payment document yourself on the Portal das Finanças (Cidadãos → Serviços → IUC → Entregar ano corrente), then pay through your bank or at a cash machine using the details on it. The amount for 2026 is the same as in 2024 and 2025, and electric cars are exempt.

  From 2027 the system changes and the tax will no longer be tied to the month of registration. In 2027, amounts of up to €500 are paid in a single payment in October, and amounts over €500 in two instalments, in July and October. From 2028 the deadline is April: up to €100 in a single payment, anything more in instalments until October. This means that in September 2027 owners of cars registered in September will not have to pay, as the deadline moves to October.

  If you have bought a used car or have just registered an imported one, check your online account for any unpaid IUC: the tax authority fines late payers. What to look out for when buying is covered in our guide How to buy a car in Portugal.

  Source: noticiasaominuto.com

  

• mosquito5K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  On 24 September another 30,000 sterile tiger mosquitoes were released in the Alvalade neighbourhood of Lisbon. This is the last release in the first phase of a trial run by the National Health Institute (INSA), the Directorate-General of Health (DGS), Lisbon City Council and the Alvalade parish council, with support from the IAEA: 90,000 mosquitoes have been released there since 10 September.

  Local residents have nothing to fear: only males are released, and only females bite, so these mosquitoes do not bite and do not carry disease. They live for just a few days. The sterile males mate with wild females, no offspring are produced, and over time the number of tiger mosquitoes falls, without the use of insecticides. Traps have been set up all over Alvalade, and samples are collected from them by staff carrying ID. If the results are good, the second phase will start in May 2027.

  The tiger mosquito itself is dangerous because it can carry dengue, Zika and chikungunya, although no infected mosquitoes have been found in Portugal so far. On 14 September the species was also found in Castelo Branco. The most important thing everyone can do is not to leave standing water in the garden or on the balcony, whether in plant saucers, buckets or watering cans. How to recognise this mosquito and what to do at home is explained in our guide The tiger mosquito in Portugal.

  Source: ulssm.min-saude.pt

• combustíveis2K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  People were searching for fuel prices: on 24 September newspapers, citing industry sources, published a forecast for next week. From Monday 28 September diesel is expected to fall by 7.5 cents a litre, to an average of €2.146, and petrol by 3.5 cents, to €2.08. This follows a week of rises: from 21 to 27 September diesel went up by 8.5 cents to an average of €2.21, and 95 petrol cost €2.107.

  If you drive a diesel and can wait, it pays to fill up on Monday rather than at the weekend. Bear in mind that this is a forecast: each filling station sets its own prices, which may differ from the average. Current prices per litre in each district are on our page Fuel prices.

  Source: jornaleconomico.sapo.pt

• anticiclone1K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  The heat over Portugal is being held in place by an anticyclone, which IPMA expects to start weakening towards the weekend. On 24 September a yellow heat warning is in force until 18:00 in nine mainland districts (Lisbon, Setúbal, Santarém, Évora, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Vila Real and Bragança), and in Madeira it has been extended until 18:00 on 25 September. Today Évora will reach 38°C and Lisbon 35°C. On Friday and Saturday temperatures will still be 31–⁠36°C; it will get cooler from Sunday, and on Monday 28 September the first rain is likely in the north and in the Alentejo.

  For residents, the biggest concern is the risk of fire: for 24 September IPMA has declared the maximum risk level in 85 municipalities and very high in another 138. On days like these, in the countryside and near woodland you must not burn grass or rubbish, light fires, have barbecues outside designated areas or use machinery that gives off sparks. The level for your municipality is shown on the IPMA map, and what to do in a heatwave or a fire is covered in our guide Heat and wildfires in Portugal: what to expect and what to do.

  Source: ipma.pt

• ciclone tropical2K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  Tropical storm Fay is moving across the Atlantic several hundred kilometres south-west of the Azores. IPMA and the US National Hurricane Center agree that it will not hit the archipelago: the storm is turning south-west and will weaken and break up during the week, bringing at most some local rain to the islands of the western and central groups. IPMA has issued no warnings for the Azores, and its tropical cyclone bulletin has been withdrawn. Why people started searching for this today is not clear.

  Source: observador.pt

• campolide2K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  Two brothers suspected of killing a 30-year-old man on 19 September in the Serafina area of Campolide, Lisbon, have handed themselves in to the PJ, the criminal investigation police, after four days on the run.

  Source: jn.pt

• fabian figueiredo1K+ searches
  Published 5 November 2026, 03:33

  Left Bloc MP Fabian Figueiredo was the guest on RTP's "Grande Entrevista" on the evening of 23 September. He talked about growing up in a family where his father beat his mother and the children, and about why people keep quiet about such abuse for years. This was a conversation about domestic violence, not news of a new rule, so nothing changes for readers. In Portugal, APAV supports victims free of charge and in several languages.

  Source: rtp.pt