EDP Lisbon Marathon 2027
October 2027, date to be announced · Lisbon, Portugal
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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 the start
- 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
- Entering
- Entries for 10 October 2026 are open on the organiser's site, and the fee rises with the number of registrations, from 70 euros for the first 2,000 to 130 euros from the 5,001st. Entries are personal and not transferable. The organiser has not announced when 2027 entries open
The Lisbon Marathon runs from the Atlantic coast to the River Tagus. It starts in Carcavelos, about 20 km west of the centre, follows the sea and then the river, and finishes on Praça do Comércio beside the water. The 2026 edition had 12 aid stations, 6 music stages and 15 toilet areas, and four cooling showers at 21, 32, 38 and 40 km.
The organiser has not announced the 2027 date. The last race was on Saturday 10 October 2026, which is the date the European Marathon Classics calendar still shows. The marathon was on a Saturday in 2025 and 2026, with the half marathon and 8K on the Sunday, and it was on a Sunday from 2022 to 2024. The details are the 2026 edition's until the 2027 pages go up.
Entry was tiered by order of registration in 2026, from €70 to €130 plus a €4 fee for the marathon.
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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. You reach the start by train from Cais do Sodré.
Where to stay in Lisbon
Choose somewhere close to Cais do Sodré, where the trains to the start ran from 5:30 in 2026. The metro doesn't open until 6:30. The finish is on the waterfront at Praça do Comércio.
| Area | To the start train | To the finish |
|---|---|---|
| Cais do Sodré | The trains leave from here | 14 minutes on foot, 1 km |
| Baixa and Rossio | 22 minutes on foot from Rossio to Cais do Sodré, 1.6 km | 11 minutes on foot to Praça do Comércio from Rossio, 0.8 km |
| Around Marquês de Pombal | A metro ride | 31 minutes on foot, 2.3 km |
| Parque das Nações, by the expo | Metro across the city | 8.3 km, so a ride |
Cais do Sodré and Baixa 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 organiser hasn't announced the 2027 race or collection dates yet.
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.
| Cais do Sodré | Arrives Carcavelos |
|---|---|
| 5:30 | 5:57 |
| 6:00 | 6:27 |
| 6:20 | 6:47 |
| 6:40 | 7:07 |
| 7:00 | 7:27 |
| 7:10 | 7:37 |
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.
A runner in the fourth wave (8:21 in 2026) who sleeps in Baixa would spend the morning like this.
| 5:15 | Wake and eat |
| 5:55 | Leave Rossio on foot for Cais do Sodré, 22 minutes |
| 6:20 | The train printed on your number, arriving at Carcavelos 6:47 |
| 7:00 | Walk about 1 km from the station, drop your bag at the trucks |
| 8:10 | Into the fourth wave |
| 8:21 | Wave 4 starts |
The course 2026 details
Early in the race you pass Casino Estoril at 8 and 16 km, Boca do Inferno at 12, and Torre beach on the Avenida Marginal at 24. The route follows the sea and then the river. Later come the Vasco da Gama aquarium at 32 km, Algés station at 33, the Coches museum at 36 and the MAAT at 36.5. The organiser marks those four as places where friends can watch.
The 2026 course had 12 aid stations with water, gels and isotonic drink, listed at points from 5 to 42 km. It also had 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.
Where to watch 2026 details
| Casino Estoril garden | The runners pass at 8 km and again at 16 km, so you see them twice. Estoril station is on the Cascais line |
|---|---|
| Algés station | The runners pass at 33 km, and the organiser names the station itself as a viewing place. It is on the Cascais line, the same line as the start |
| Coches Museum and the MAAT, in Belém | The runners pass the Coches Museum and the MAAT between 36 and 37 km, in the last six kilometres before Praça do Comércio. Belém station is a short walk away |
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.
| Race day | 8:00 | 13:00 | Wind at 8:00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 October 2021 | 17.3 °C | 20.3 °C | 3 km/h |
| 9 October 2022 | 15.6 °C | 21.5 °C | 13 km/h |
| 8 October 2023 | 18.6 °C | 30.2 °C | 13 km/h |
| 6 October 2024 | 19.1 °C | 21.2 °C | 17 km/h |
| 25 October 2025 | 18.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 14 km/h |
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 Frankfurt Marathon, Rome Marathon, Vienna City Marathon, TCS London Marathon, Madrid Marathon, Copenhagen Marathon and Warsaw 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
Sources
| Date of the 2026 edition, start place, finish place, 6-hour limit, expo hours | EDP Lisbon Marathon 2026, organiser, 2026 edition, the 2027 pages are not up |
| Waves, trains, bag drop, aid stations, showers, finish area | Runner's guide, 2026, organiser, 2026 edition, PDF |
| Next race date | European Marathon Classics, the series' own calendar, which lists Lisbon on 10 October, the 2026 date |
| Climb, entry prices, time limits | Lisbon Marathon, independent race listing, 2026 edition |
| Metro hours | Timetables and frequency, Lisbon Metro |
| Airport metro, Red Line to Saldanha | Public transportation, Lisbon Airport, as summarised on ana.pt |
| Past race dates | Lisbon Marathon, and the 2025 results pages |
| Walking times between places | OpenStreetMap routing, foot profile, checked on the date above |
| Supporter places and km marks, trains on the Cascais line | EDP Lisbon Marathon 2026 runner's guide (PDF), organiser, 2026 edition |
| Entry fees by registration number | EDP Lisbon Marathon 2026, organiser, 2026 edition, checked 4 October 2026 |
| Course map for the drawing | Course EDP Lisbon Marathon 2026, the organiser's map, organiser, 2026 map, shown on its marathon page |
| Estoril and Belém stations | OpenStreetMap, stations near each point, checked on the date above |
| Race-day weather | Open-Meteo historical weather, at Carcavelos, a 9 km grid |
Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 13 October 2026.
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