A four-bedroom in the pines near Carvalhal asks €13,000 a week in August and closer to €6,500 in June, for the same thatched roof and the same walk to the same empty beach. Comporta charges for the calendar more than the address, and August is when Lisbon arrives. The full structure, by village and season, with three worked examples.
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The number that matters first: €6,000 to €90,000 per week. That is the real spread for villa rentals in Comporta, and where you land inside it turns on four things, in this order: the week of the year, the village, the number of bedrooms, and how close you sit to the sand. Comporta is the quietest luxury market in this guide, built on low thatched-roof houses and pine rather than marble and gates, so the premium hides in restraint and in the calendar rather than the square footage.
The season here is short and sharp. The warm, dry stretch runs May to October, and the single apex is August, when Lisbon shuts for the month and the whole city decamps to the coast. August rates run roughly two to two and a half times the June or September figure. The shoulders of June, September, and early October hold the same warm sea and quiet beaches at a fraction of the price, which makes them the smartest weeks to book.
Indicative weekly rates in euros for staffed or part-staffed villas across the Comporta villages. Shoulder is roughly May, June, September, and October. High is July and the first half of August. August apex is the second half of the month, quoted as a weekly equivalent.
| Villa size | Shoulder (May, Jun, Sep, Oct) | High (Jul–early Aug) | August apex |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 bedrooms | €6,000 to €9,000 | €9,000 to €15,000 | €13,000 to €22,000 |
| 4 bedrooms | €8,500 to €14,000 | €13,000 to €22,000 | €18,000 to €28,000 |
| 5 bedrooms | €13,000 to €22,000 | €20,000 to €36,000 | €30,000 to €50,000 |
| 6+ bedrooms | €22,000 to €40,000 | €36,000 to €60,000 | €50,000 to €90,000+ |
Bands reflect villas in Comporta, Carvalhal, Pego, and Melides, May 2026. The newer architect-built estates near Pego and Melides sit at the top of each band.
Comporta is not one place but a cluster of villages spread across rice paddies and umbrella pine, and the premium moves between them. Comporta village and Carvalhal sit at the centre, closest to the beach clubs and the small strip of shops and restaurants, and they hold the broadest stock at the top of each band. A house here puts you within a short drive of the sand and the dinner table both.
Pego, just south, has the newer architect-built villas and the higher beachfront-adjacent estates, and it runs at or above the Comporta-village rate. Melides, a little further down the coast, is the quieter and increasingly fashionable end, with larger plots and a slightly lower entry point that is closing fast. Muda and the inland pockets toward Alcácer do Sal offer the most space for the money, a few minutes further from the beach. Wherever you land, a car is essential, since nothing here connects by public transport.
Portugal applies a reduced 6 percent VAT rate to short-term accommodation on the mainland, and most Comporta villas quote rates with it already included. On a €13,000 August week the VAT portion is about €736. Ask whether a quote is gross or net of VAT before you set two houses side by side, since a few owners still quote net.
Portugal lets each municipality decide whether to charge a per-night tourist tax, and around 40 councils did so at the start of 2025. Comporta spans the Grândola and Alcácer do Sal municipalities, neither of which appears on the published 2025 lists, so most rates here carry no city tax, unlike Lisbon or the Algarve’s Loulé. Several councils added the tax during 2025, so confirm with your operator before you travel.
Staffing here is lighter than in the Caribbean or Greece. Many villas include a housekeeper two or three days a week and arrange a cook or chef on request at €250 to €400 per day plus food. A cleaning or linen fee of €300 to €800 is common, charged once. Budget a hire car for the week, because the villages, beaches, and restaurants are all a short drive apart.
Expect a refundable deposit of €1,500 to €8,000 depending on the value of the house, taken by card hold or transfer before arrival and returned within two weeks of checkout.
Each budget is built from the rate plus the fees that actually land on the invoice. With VAT usually in the rate and no city tax, Comporta’s extras are mostly the car, the cleaning fee, and a chef if you want one.
Headline: €7,500 / wk (June, pine-set pool villa, VAT included).
Cleaning fee €400. Hire car for the week €420. Provisioning €700.
All-in: about €9,020 for the week, roughly €1,290 a night for a house that sleeps six.
Headline: €22,000 / wk (August apex, VAT included, housekeeper three days).
Cleaning and linen €600. Two hire cars €840. Chef four dinners €1,400 plus food €900.
All-in: about €25,740 for the week, roughly €3,680 a night for eight.
Headline: €70,000 / wk (August apex, fully staffed, VAT included).
Cleaning and linen €1,200. Chef for the week €2,800 plus food €3,500. Two cars and a driver €2,600.
All-in: about €80,100 before activities and gratuities.
Three levers move the all-in cost on a Comporta week.
Book June or September, not August. This is the single biggest saving in Comporta. The same villa, the same warm sea, and the same quiet beach cost 40 to 55 percent less in the shoulder months, and the village is calmer with Lisbon back at work. If your dates are not fixed to the school holidays, move them off August and pocket the difference.
Take Melides or Muda over central Comporta. The Pego and Comporta-village addresses carry the premium and the crowd. A house a few minutes inland at Melides or Muda gives you more plot and more quiet for less, and the beach is still a short drive. The address you barely use is the one to drop.
Hire the chef for set pieces, not the week. Comporta’s restaurants are part of the point, so a full-week private chef often goes underused. Book the chef for two or three dinners at the villa and eat out the rest, and you keep the table while cutting €1,500 or more off the staffing line.
From about €6,000 per week for a three-bedroom in the shoulder months to €90,000 or more for a large estate near Pego in August. Most quality four-bedrooms land between €12,000 and €28,000 per week in August, around half that in June or September.
August, when Lisbon empties to the coast. Rates run roughly two to two and a half times the June or September figure, the best houses carry a one or two week minimum, and the larger villas near Comporta and Pego book six to nine months ahead.
Portugal applies 6 percent VAT to accommodation, usually included in the quoted rate. Comporta sits across the Grândola and Alcácer do Sal municipalities, which were not on the 2025 lists of councils charging a municipal tourist tax, so most rates carry no per-night city tax. Add a cleaning fee, any staff, and a refundable deposit.
It varies more than in the Caribbean. Many Comporta villas include a housekeeper a few days a week and arrange a cook or chef on request, charged on top. Larger estates come fully staffed. A car is essential here, since the villages are spread across the pine and rice landscape with no real public transport.
May, June, late September, and October hold warm, dry weather at 40 to 55 percent below the August peak. June and September are the value sweet spot, with the beaches quiet and the restaurants open, before and after the Lisbon-holiday crush.
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