Portugal
Portuguese Republic
- Capital
- Lisbon
- Region
- Southern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 11 million
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 92,090 km²
Across Portugal's 78 priced cities, one person needs about $1,696 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,366.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
67out of 100
- Purchasing power25%54
- Safety20%67
- Health care15%72
- Climate10%98
- Air quality10%77
- Connectivity10%87
- Cost10%37
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #23
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
48.2
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
22.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
92.0
New York = 100
One person
$1,696
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,366
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$989
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$32,082
2025
Growth
+1.9%
2025
Unemployment
6.2%
2025
Inflation
2.3%
2025
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2024
Internet users
88%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 48%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 13%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 19%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 23%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 28%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 11%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 23.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 66.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 33.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2022
- 0.7
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #21 worldwide
- 252
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #31 worldwide
- 128
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +15%
Cities in Portugal
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Coimbra | 70 | 47.5 | $892 | $1,340 | 95.4 | 140.8K | High confidence, 30 contributors |
| 2Queluz | 69 | — | — | — | — | 103.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 3Castelo Branco | 65 | 40.0 | $478 | $1,645 | 174.3 | 33.5K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 4Viseu | 64 | 43.4 | $740 | $1,169 | 96.0 | 103.5K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 5Funchal | 64 | 50.5 | $1,533 | $1,471 | 73.3 | 105.8K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 6Porto | 64 | 48.9 | $1,324 | $1,656 | 92.0 | 252.7K | High confidence, 116 contributors |
| 7Beja | 64 | 48.7 | $344 | $1,378 | 146.4 | 34.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 8Leiria | 64 | 44.9 | $937 | $1,366 | 96.9 | 128.6K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 9Braganca | 63 | 39.9 | $416 | $1,196 | 134.6 | 35.3K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 10Vila do Conde | 63 | 48.4 | $746 | $1,999 | 155.0 | 27.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 11Setubal | 62 | 45.6 | $1,012 | $1,306 | 88.0 | 118.2K | High confidence, 38 contributors |
| 12Braga | 62 | 46.1 | $940 | $1,318 | 92.3 | 193.3K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 13Lisbon | 61 | 53.5 | $1,647 | $1,623 | 75.7 | 517.8K | High confidence, 208 contributors |
| 14Amadora | 61 | 46.2 | $976 | $1,480 | 101.3 | 178.9K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 15Chaves | 61 | 36.0 | $497 | $1,033 | 113.8 | 17.5K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 16Guarda | 61 | 50.6 | $402 | — | — | 40.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 17Barcelos | 60 | 45.3 | $517 | $1,105 | 105.6 | 19.1K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 18Covilha | 60 | 41.6 | $517 | $1,043 | 104.4 | 17.6K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 19Horta | 60 | — | $493 | $923 | — | 6.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 20Seixal | 60 | 51.2 | $804 | $1,607 | 116.8 | — | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 21Figueira da Foz | 59 | 40.0 | $716 | $1,158 | 100.6 | 46.6K | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 22Sao Joao da Madeira | 59 | 38.1 | $689 | $1,091 | 98.8 | 22.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 23Sesimbra | 59 | 47.6 | $835 | $1,450 | 107.0 | 41.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 24Amora | 59 | 50.9 | $812 | — | — | 52.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 25Elvas | 58 | 45.3 | — | — | — | 9.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 26Penafiel | 58 | 41.9 | $861 | $1,286 | 98.6 | 8.1K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 27Algueirão–Mem Martins | 58 | 47.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 28Ermesinde | 58 | 47.9 | — | — | — | 39.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Portalegre | 58 | 51.2 | — | $1,593 | 105.7 | 22.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 30Moita | 58 | 48.3 | — | — | — | 17.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 31Oliveira de Azemeis | 58 | 48.7 | — | — | — | 11.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Lamego | 58 | 47.9 | — | — | — | 10.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 33Vila Nova de Famalicao | 58 | 45.3 | $689 | $1,114 | 93.0 | 9.5K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 34Caminha | 58 | 48.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 35Carvoiero | 58 | 48.1 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 36Felgueiras | 58 | 49.5 | — | — | — | 58.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 37Miranda do Douro | 58 | 49.5 | — | — | — | 7.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Santarem | 58 | 46.8 | $670 | $1,091 | 90.8 | 29.4K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 39Aveiro | 58 | 48.7 | $1,027 | $1,505 | 97.9 | 80.9K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 40Vila Franca de Xira | 58 | 48.1 | $1,019 | $1,578 | 103.6 | 18.4K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 41Vila Nova de Gaia | 58 | 52.7 | $918 | $1,521 | 101.7 | 70.8K | High confidence, 28 contributors |
| 42Guimaraes | 58 | 47.2 | $957 | $1,449 | 99.4 | 40.6K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 43Vila Real | 58 | 40.6 | $804 | $1,120 | 90.6 | 17K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 44Cadaval | 58 | 52.2 | — | — | — | 14.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 45Quarteira | 57 | 52.1 | $861 | $1,381 | 96.1 | 24.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 46Viana do Castelo | 57 | 46.0 | $847 | $1,224 | 91.1 | 36.1K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 47Evora | 57 | 49.2 | $957 | $1,435 | 96.7 | 53.6K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 48Torres Vedras | 57 | 46.9 | $1,033 | $1,492 | 98.1 | 24.4K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 49Vila Real de Santo Antonio | 57 | 51.1 | $1,044 | — | — | 11.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 50Marinha Grande | 57 | 47.6 | $574 | $918 | 81.5 | 28.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 51Tomar | 57 | 47.0 | $765 | $1,091 | 84.8 | 19.2K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 52Faro | 56 | 47.8 | $1,048 | $1,366 | 88.5 | 70.3K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 53Maia | 56 | 47.2 | $1,091 | $1,454 | 92.4 | 36.4K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 54Rio Tinto | 56 | 47.8 | $976 | $1,291 | 87.1 | 50K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 55Corroios | 56 | 46.7 | $947 | $1,205 | 83.6 | 52.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 56Tavira | 56 | 45.4 | $1,186 | $1,492 | 91.3 | 15.1K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 57Amarante | 56 | 36.8 | — | $1,033 | 78.4 | 6.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 58Caldas da Rainha | 56 | 48.2 | $928 | $1,175 | 81.3 | 27.4K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 59Ericeira | 55 | 40.5 | $1,052 | $1,148 | 79.0 | 7.5K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 60Matosinhos | 55 | 48.5 | $1,306 | $1,634 | 91.8 | 28.1K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 61Pinhal Novo | 55 | 48.0 | — | $1,148 | 78.3 | 23.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 62Ponta Delgada | 55 | 50.6 | $1,205 | $1,451 | 84.4 | 20.1K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 63Cascais | 54 | 52.9 | $1,797 | $2,314 | 102.1 | 36.4K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 64Albufeira | 54 | 51.4 | $1,334 | $1,584 | 86.0 | 15.9K | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 65Almada | 54 | 50.5 | $1,183 | $1,357 | 79.9 | 34K | High confidence, 39 contributors |
| 66Angra do Heroismo | 54 | 45.7 | $808 | $854 | 65.3 | 12K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 67Alcobaça | 54 | 48.8 | $861 | $918 | 65.9 | 15.8K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 68Algarve | 54 | 52.6 | $1,090 | $1,229 | 74.7 | — | High confidence, 31 contributors |
| 69Portimao | 54 | 49.0 | $989 | $1,011 | 67.0 | 38.5K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 70Odivelas | 53 | 45.2 | $1,033 | $976 | 65.2 | 54.6K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 71Lagos | 53 | 51.8 | $1,191 | $1,263 | 73.3 | 33.5K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 72Barreiro | 53 | 48.2 | $976 | $937 | 63.0 | 51.3K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 73Montijo | 53 | 47.3 | $1,224 | $1,148 | 67.8 | 30K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 74Alges | 53 | 52.0 | $1,263 | $1,269 | 71.0 | 19.3K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 75Loures | 53 | 48.4 | — | $861 | 58.5 | 66.2K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 76Oeiras | 52 | 51.7 | $1,406 | $1,320 | 69.1 | 35K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 77Peniche | 51 | 48.8 | $1,339 | $1,110 | 61.3 | 15.7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 78Rio de Mouro | 51 | 49.4 | $1,148 | $890 | 53.8 | 54.7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 79Alverca do Ribatejo | 50 | 46.8 | $1,421 | $1,033 | 55.6 | — | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 80Alcabideche | 50 | 47.8 | $1,508 | $1,131 | 58.1 | 33.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |