Living in Alhos Vedros

In Alhos Vedros, rents in new contracts average €9.09 per m² a month (2026).

Alhos Vedros is one of the cities recorded in Portugal.

Last checked 2026-10-0725 sources

Population4,433people19 Apr 2021Official source · Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)

Average gross salary1,346EUR/month31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent9.09EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 47% aboveOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate3.91%30 Jun 2026Municipality figureIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,980incidents per 100,000country median 2,730 — 9% aboveOfficial source · Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça

PM2.5, annual mean7.89µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

Pricier rent than 76% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 94% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 63% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Alhos Vedros?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in PortugalNational rates and thresholds that apply in Alhos Vedros.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Alhos Vedros?

Average net cold rent is 9.09 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 9.09 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesAlhos Vedros highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Alhos Vedros€9.09

Braga€8.57

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Amadora€13.00

Matosinhos€11.98

Loures€11.73

Sintra€11.24

Vila Nova de Gaia€10.61

Porto€10.15

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MEO fixed fibre⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.09 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹⁴Official

Is Alhos Vedros a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–62%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–69%

Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–61%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–64%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 545 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.09 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2026-Q1

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Alhos Vedros?

The unemployment rate is about 3.9 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 3.91 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁵

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Alhos Vedros is 3.9%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

131

0–11–22–33–44–55–66–77–89–1012–13

Alhos Vedros 3.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,346 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)⁶Official · parent municipality
Unemployment rate	3.91 %	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁵Independent · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Alhos Vedros?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€330of €920 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€920
Rent, 60 m²€9.09/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €545
Internet€30 · official · MEO fixed fibre · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€15 · official · Vodafone Portugal mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €15
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€330

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Alhos Vedros Salary needed to live in Alhos Vedros

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Alhos Vedros. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP)

Job SearchRegistrationTraining

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Alhos Vedros. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Alhos Vedros?

Police recorded 2,980 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça¹¹

Recorded crime across major citiesAlhos Vedros highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Seixal2,170

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,980 incidents per 100,000country median 2,730	31 Dec 2025	Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça¹¹Official

Mobility and administration

Alhos Vedros's nearest airport was LIS, 17 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	103 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	17 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LIS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Alhos Vedros. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

PLA search route through Portal da Oferta Formativa — State Language Course

AIMA / Portal da Oferta Formativa

For migrants seeking Portuguese as a non-native language.

PortugueseCost varies

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Português Língua de Acolhimento (PLA) — State Language Course

AIMA / DGEstE public-school network / IEFP / Centros Qualifica

For migrants aged 16 or older whose mother tongue is not Portuguese, residence-permit holders, people with pending residence/protection/NISS evidence.

PortugueseCEFR A1–B2Cost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Alhos Vedros.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 10.3°C in January to 23.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 90.6 mm in January and 2.1 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Alhos Vedros?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.89 µg/m³ · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)¹

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

16°5°

17°6°

20°8°

21°9°

24°12°

28°14°

30°16°

31°16°

28°15°

24°12°

19°9°

16°6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

107

103

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.9WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in PortugalAnnual PM2.5 in Alhos Vedros is 7.9 µg/m³. Of 72 cities with data, 27 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Alhos Vedros 7.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.89 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 15.5 · Feb 16.8 · Mar 19.5 · Apr 21.1 · May 24.2 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 30.2 · Aug 30.7 · Sep 28.1 · Oct 23.8 · Nov 18.8 · Dec 16.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SETÚBAL (Estação de Fruticultura) (nº 770)⁷Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 5.6 · Mar 7.6 · Apr 9.3 · May 11.8 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 16.2 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 12.5 · Nov 8.9 · Dec 6.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SETÚBAL (Estação de Fruticultura) (nº 770)⁷Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 10.3 · Feb 11.2 · Mar 13.6 · Apr 15.2 · May 18 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.2 · Aug 23.6 · Sep 21.4 · Oct 18.1 · Nov 13.8 · Dec 11.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SETÚBAL (Estação de Fruticultura) (nº 770)⁷Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 90.6 · Feb 66.6 · Mar 67.6 · Apr 64.2 · May 53.8 · Jun 15.2 · Jul 2.1 · Aug 3.2 · Sep 31.2 · Oct 99.2 · Nov 107.2 · Dec 102.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SETÚBAL (Estação de Fruticultura) (nº 770)⁷Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Portugal: Vila Franca de Xira ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±2.4 °C, Ventura (United States) ±2.4 °C, Simi Valley (United States) ±2.7 °C, Giugliano in Campania (Italy) ±1.5 °C, Latina (Italy) ±1.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Alhos Vedros?

The published population was 4,433 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	4,433 people	19 Apr 2021	Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Alhos Vedros

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Aldeia de Paio Pires as an Alhos Vedros alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 10,277 Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 4,433 Alhos Vedros+132%
Unemployment: 2.7% Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 3.9% Alhos Vedros−31%
Rent: €11.24/m² Aldeia de Paio Pires vs €9.09/m² Alhos Vedrosno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,470 Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 2,980 Alhos Vedrosno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 7.9 µg/m³ Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 7.9 µg/m³ Alhos Vedrossame level

Full comparison More about Aldeia de Paio Pires

Pombal as an Alhos Vedros alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 144 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.56/m² Pombal vs €9.09/m² Alhos Vedros−39%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,100 (2022) Pombal vs 2,980 (2025) Alhos Vedrosno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Pombal vs 7.9 µg/m³ Alhos Vedrossame level

Full comparison More about Pombal

Cities near Alhos Vedros

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Setúbal Commuting Zone · 18.8 km away

Rent: 11.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Salary: 1,341 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2022-12-31

Santo António da Charneca 3.3 km away

Rent: 9.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Barreiro 3.9 km away

Rent: 11.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Moita 4.0 km away

Rent: 10.04 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31

Aldeia de Paio Pires 6.4 km away

Rent: 11.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31

Seixal 7.0 km away

Rent: 11.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-27
Salary: 1,419 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2022-12-31

Montijo 7.2 km away

Rent: 10.02 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Arrentela 7.2 km away

Rent: 11.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

Other cities in Portugal to compare with Alhos Vedros, nearest in population first.

All Portugal cities

Pragal4,542 residents Moreira de Conegos4,651 residents Santa Iria da Azóia4,158 residents Lamas4,747 residents Brito4,774 residents Silveira4,812 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Alhos Vedros when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

Open the official coverage guide

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: PLNM (Português Língua Não Materna). How to enrol a child (gov.pt).

A country-wide rule for Portugal; Alhos Vedros's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Alhos Vedros part of Lisbon?

Alhos Vedros belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Lisbon; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 14.8 km away by straight-line distance. Lisbon city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source⁵

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Alhos Vedros?

The published population was 4,433 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT).

How much does it cost to rent in Alhos Vedros?

Average net cold rent is 9.09 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 636 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Alhos Vedros?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Alhos Vedros?

What is the unemployment rate in Alhos Vedros?

The unemployment rate is about 3.9 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

Is Alhos Vedros a good place to live?

Alhos Vedros may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Alhos Vedros part of Lisbon?

Alhos Vedros belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Lisbon; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 14.8 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Alhos Vedros?

Setúbal, Santo António da Charneca, Barreiro, Moita, Aldeia de Paio Pires are near Alhos Vedros. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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  title = {Alhos Vedros, Portugal: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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