EDP Lisbon Marathon 2027

October 2027, date to be announced · Lisbon, Portugal

The weekend at a glance

Date

Not announced for 2027. The 2026 race is Saturday 10 October, with the half marathon and 8K on the Sunday

Your number

Pavilion 3, FIL (Feira Internacional de Lisboa), Rua do Bojador, Parque das Nações. In 2026 Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October, 10:00 to 20:00, with nothing on race day

Start

Estrada N6-7, Carcavelos, 8:00 for the first wave and 8:35 for the sixth (2026)

Getting to it

The train from Cais do Sodré to Carcavelos, free with your number

Finish

Praça do Comércio

Time limit

6 hours

Bag drop

Official bag from your kit, left at trucks in the start area and collected at the finish

Climb

The organiser shows an elevation chart and no total. A race-listing site gives 160 m

Weather

The last five race mornings ran from 15.6 °C to 19.1 °C at 8:00 and up to 30.2 °C at 13:00

On this page

1. Getting to Lisbon
2. Where to stay in Lisbon
3. Collecting your number
4. Race morning
5. The course
6. Weather in Lisbon in October
7. Afterwards
8. Other race weekends
9. Sources

Getting to Lisbon

The airport is on the Red Line of the metro. The line runs to Saldanha in about 20 minutes and on to Oriente, the station for Parque das Nações, where the expo is. The metro runs every day from 6:30 to 1:00. The first trains to the start leave Cais do Sodré at 5:30, so the metro is not an option on race morning and the train in the next section is the way to the start.

Where to stay in Lisbon

The way to the start is a train from Cais do Sodré, so the rule is to sleep within a short walk or one metro ride of it. The finish is on the waterfront at Praça do Comércio.

The first two rows keep you within a walk of both the start train and the finish. Parque das Nações is next to the expo and 8.3 km from the finish.

Collecting your number 2026 details

In 2026 numbers and kits were handed out at Pavilion 3 of the FIL, Rua do Bojador, in Parque das Nações. The hours were Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October, 10:00 to 20:00, and nothing is handed out on race day. The agenda also lists Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00, but the guide tells marathon runners to come on Thursday or Friday. The 2027 days depend on the date.

Bring the registration document, the PDF from the confirmation email, which works on a phone. Someone else can collect for you with your document. You receive a number, an official T-shirt, an official bag and the safety pins, and there are six T-shirt sizes. Your wave and recommended train are printed on the front of the number, and the train timetable on the back.

Race morning 2026 details

The start line is on Estrada N6-7 in Carcavelos, about 1 km from Carcavelos station and about 20 km from the centre. The train from Cais do Sodré takes about 30 minutes and trains are free with your number. The organiser asked everyone to take the train printed on their number, because trains have limited capacity.

A train after 7:10 from Cais do Sodré does not reach the start in time, and the organiser planned extra buses from Cais do Sodré in 2026. From Cascais the first trains left at 5:30 and took about 15 minutes.

The start area had several toilet blocks, an information point, the bag trucks and six starting waves. The waves started at 8:00, 8:08, 8:15, 8:21, 8:27 and 8:35. Pacers ran for 3:00 to 5:00 at 15-minute steps.

This is one morning for the fourth wave (8:21 in 2026), staying in Baixa.

The course 2026 details

The course runs along the sea and then the river, with the Vasco da Gama aquarium at 32 km, Algés station at 33, the Coches museum at 36 and the MAAT at 36.5, all marked by the organiser as places where friends can watch. Earlier it passes Casino Estoril at 8 and 16 km, Boca do Inferno at 12, and Torre beach on the Avenida Marginal at 24.

The 2026 course had 12 aid stations with water, gels and isotonic drink, listed at points from 5 to 42 km, and four cooling showers, at 21, 32, 38 and 40 km. A race-listing site puts the climb at 160 m and calls the route low in altitude. The organiser's guide links an elevation chart and gives no figure.

Weather in Lisbon in October

These are the last five race days at Carcavelos, at 8:00 (the 2025 and 2026 gun time) and at 13:00. The 2021 race was the postponed 2020 edition. The 2022 to 2024 races fell on Sundays and 2025's on a Saturday.

A runner still on the course at 13:00 in 2023 was running in 30.2 °C, which is 11.6 °C above the 8:00 reading.

Afterwards

At the finish on Praça do Comércio you get a medal, water, Powerade, a banana from Madeira, an ice cream and a protein milk. There is a medal engraving tent, massage and an information point. The gear check trucks are in the finish area. Provisional results go on the race website that evening.

Other race weekends

Lisbon Marathon is part of the European Marathon Classics. The series' other races with a guide here are Rome Marathon, Vienna City Marathon, TCS London Marathon, Madrid Marathon, Copenhagen Marathon, Warsaw Marathon and Frankfurt Marathon.

Close by, and with guides of their own, are Zurich Seville Marathon, Valencia Marathon and Lisbon Half Marathon.

The next races with a guide

Valencia Half MarathonOctober 2027, date to be announced · Valencia, Spain TCS Amsterdam Marathon31 October 2027 · Amsterdam, Netherlands Frankfurt MarathonOctober 2027, date to be announced · Frankfurt, Germany

All race weekend guides

Sources

Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 2 October 2026.

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