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Cases in Portugal have risen since the country was exempted from the UK quarantine on August 22.
Travelers from mainland Portugal to England will need to be quarantined starting at 04:00 BST on Saturday, just a few weeks after the country was placed on the safe list.
Wales and Scotland had already imposed the mandatory two weeks of self-isolation earlier this month.
Non-quarantine travel is still allowed from the Portuguese islands, the Azores and Madeira.
Meanwhile, Sweden has been added to the list of countries exempt from quarantine for England and Wales.
Portugal, one of the UK’s most popular holiday destinations, received an exemption from the UK’s quarantine rules on August 22.
But since then, the level of infection has been increasing. Last week, the seven-day average surpassed 20 cases per 100,000 people, which the UK generally uses as a threshold for adding countries to the quarantine list.
Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps said that thanks to “improved data,” the government was able to assess infection rates for islands separate from their mainland countries.
He also emphasized that travelers must complete the Passenger Location Form upon arrival in the UK, a day after the prime minister said that enforcement of this part of the quarantine rules would be stepped up.
“It is a crime not to fill out the form and there will be spot checks,” Shapps said.
People traveling to England and Wales from Hungary and Reunion will also need to isolate themselves, while England also requires arrivals from French Polynesia to be quarantined.
