Monção (Portuguese pronunciation: [mõˈsɐ̃w] ⓘ; Spanish: Monzón) is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal.
[2] The current mayor is the Social Democrat António Barbosa.
Monção has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild, rainy winters and hot dry summers.
Although short, the summer season is dry enough to avoid being classified has a humid subtropical climate or an oceanic climate like nearby Vigo.
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 24 civil parishes (freguesias):[5]