Living in Almeida

In Almeida, average gross earnings are €1,163 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €2.69 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 0.9% (2026).

Almeida, a city in Portugal, had a population of 7,242 in 2021. In 2023, the foreign population was 158. The unemployment rate was 0.91% in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2316 sources

Population7,242people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,163EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent2.69EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 57% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate0.91%country median 2.3% — 61% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime4,010incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 47% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Cheaper rent than any other Portuguese city that publishes it, lower unemployment than 98% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 89% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Almeida?

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 Almeida.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Almeida?

Average net cold rent is 2.69 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): 2.69 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesAlmeida highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Almeida€2.69

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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 fibre⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹¹Official

Is Almeida a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–68%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–74%

Student56%strong on housing, weak on education · range 47–65%

Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–61%

Retirement55%strong on housing, weak on admin · range 45–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 161 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 2.69 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 Almeida?

The unemployment rate is about 0.9 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 0.91 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Almeida is 0.9%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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0–11–22–33–44–55–66–77–89–1012–13

Almeida 0.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,163 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)¹Official
Unemployment rate	0.91 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁶Independent

What does a salary buy in Almeida?

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

Left over each month€714of €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€2.69/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €161
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	€714

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Almeida. 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 Almeida. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	350 per 100,000	2024	Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Almeida 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.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Almeida?

Police recorded 4,010 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 4,010 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022³

Recorded crime across major citiesAlmeida highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almeida4,010

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,010 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730	31 Dec 2022	INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022³Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VSE, 82.9 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VSE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	82.9 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Almeida. 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 Almeida.

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Population and city profile

The city covered 518 km² in 2021. Population density was 14 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Almeida?

The published population was 7,242 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	518 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	158 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹⁵Independent
Population density	13.98 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁹Official
Population	7,242 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Almeida

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,887	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,448	92.5%
Estrangeira	439	7.5%
Europa	268	4.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	243	4.1%
França	150	2.5%
África	100	1.7%
América	62	1.1%
Espanha	61	1.0%
Angola	58	1.0%
Brasil	55	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - Europa	25	0.4%
Alemanha	21	0.4%
Moçambique	19	0.3%
Outros países - África	14	0.2%
Ásia	9	0.2%
Suíça	9	0.2%
Reino Unido	8	0.1%
Outros países - América	6	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
São Tomé e Príncipe	4	0.1%
Ucrânia	4	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	3	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	3	0.1%
Irlanda	3	0.1%
Bélgica	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Moldávia	2	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	2	0.0%
Roménia	2	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	2	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Itália	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁵

Citizenship

Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,887	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,764	97.9%
Estrangeira	123	2.1%
Europa	57	1.0%
América	48	0.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	43	0.7%
Brasil	41	0.7%
Espanha	22	0.4%
Outros países - Europa	14	0.2%
França	12	0.2%
África	9	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Ásia	9	0.2%
Outros países - África	6	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Reino Unido	5	0.1%
Outros países - América	4	0.1%
Ucrânia	4	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	3	0.1%
Suíça	3	0.1%
Irlanda	3	0.1%
Alemanha	2	0.0%
Roménia	2	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	2	0.0%
Angola	1	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Moldávia	1	0.0%
Moçambique	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Alternatives for people set on Almeida

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.

Pinhel as an Almeida alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,490 Pinhel vs 4,010 Almeida−38%
Rent: €3.06/m² Pinhel vs €2.69/m² Almeida+14%
Unemployment: 1.0% Pinhel vs 0.9% Almeida+12%
Residents: 9,627 Pinhel vs 7,242 Almeida+33%
Nearest airport: 69.6 km Pinhel vs 82.9 km Almeida−16%

Full comparison More about Pinhel

Cities near Almeida

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

Pinhel 15.0 km away

Rent: 3.06 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Terras de Bouro7,253 residents Mértola7,274 residents Castro Verde7,276 residents Vila Nova de Poiares7,281 residents Arrifes7,284 residents Alvaiázere7,287 residents

How does Almeida compare?

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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; Almeida's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Almeida?

The published population was 7,242 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Almeida?

Average net cold rent is 2.69 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 188 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Almeida?

Police recorded 4,010 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Almeida?

The unemployment rate is about 0.9 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Almeida?

158 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Almeida a good place to live?

Almeida 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.

Which cities are near Almeida?

Pinhel, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo are near Almeida. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Almeida?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,448 people (92.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021-04-19. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Almeida, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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Sources

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INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022 INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-31
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014632 nationality ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014633 country of birth ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15

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www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15
IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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