Living in Borba

The unemployment rate was 2.7% in June 2026. Borba, a city in Portugal, had a population of 7,333 in 2021. For Borba, the foreign population count was 143 in 2023.

Cheaper rent than 96% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 71% of Portuguese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 74% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Borba.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Borba?

Average net cold rent is 3.17 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): 3.17 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹²

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Borba yet.

Net rent across major citiesBorba highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.17 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹²Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 190 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.17 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 Borba?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Borba is 2.7%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	2.7 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Borba. 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

Open the Portugal service overview

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	250 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.⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Borba 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 Borba?

Police recorded 2,700 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: 2,700 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesBorba highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,700 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,715 — about the same	31 Dec 2022	INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁵Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was BJZ, 55.4 km away, with 2 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁹Official
Nearest airport	BJZ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	55.4 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

Portuguesevaries

Open official information

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–B2varies

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

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Borba?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Terena)³

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

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

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 Borba is 5.0 µg/m³. Of 70 cities with data, 26 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	1 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Terena)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Terena)²Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Terena)³Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Portugal cities

Mação7,338 residents Vila Nova da Barquinha7,322 residents Vila Nova de Foz Côa7,312 residents Santa Marta de Penaguião7,356 residents Arraiolos7,363 residents Alvaiázere7,287 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 145.2 km² in 2021. Population density was 50.5 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Borba?

The published population was 7,333 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	145.2 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official
Foreign residents	143 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹³Independent
Population density	50.51 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹¹Official
Population	7,333 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official

International community in Borba

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	6,428	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,250	97.2%
Estrangeira	178	2.8%
Europa	86	1.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	59	0.9%
América	50	0.8%
Brasil	44	0.7%
África	34	0.5%
Outros países - Europa	27	0.4%
Angola	18	0.3%
França	14	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Roménia	14	0.2%
Ucrânia	13	0.2%
Ásia	8	0.1%
Bélgica	7	0.1%
Espanha	7	0.1%
Alemanha	6	0.1%
Reino Unido	6	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	6	0.1%
Moçambique	6	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.1%
Moldávia	4	0.1%
Suíça	3	0.0%
Outros países - América	2	0.0%
China	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Hungria	1	0.0%
Irlanda	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%
África do Sul	1	0.0%
Outros	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

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	6,428	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,321	98.3%
Estrangeira	107	1.7%
Europa	59	0.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	43	0.7%
América	33	0.5%
Brasil	31	0.5%
Roménia	17	0.3%
Outros países - Europa	16	0.2%
Ucrânia	13	0.2%
África	12	0.2%

Show 21 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Espanha	5	0.1%
França	5	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	5	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	4	0.1%
Ásia	3	0.0%
Bélgica	3	0.0%
Alemanha	3	0.0%
Reino Unido	3	0.0%
Angola	2	0.0%
China	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Outros países - América	1	0.0%
Hungria	1	0.0%
Luxemburgo	1	0.0%
Moçambique	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	1	0.0%
África do Sul	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Is Borba 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 worker71%strong on work, weak on safety · range 62–80%

Skilled employee75%strong on work, weak on education · range 67–83%

Student65%strong on cost, weak on education · range 56–74%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 56–72%

Retirement62%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 52–72%

Foreign residents143 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population7,333 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)3.17 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate2.7 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean1 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Terena)

PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Terena)

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-26

Common questions

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

How many people live in Borba?

The published population was 7,333 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Borba?

Average net cold rent is 3.17 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 222 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Borba?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Terena).

How safe is Borba?

Police recorded 2,700 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 Borba?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Borba?

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

Is Borba a good place to live?

Borba 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.

How many people born in Europa live in Borba?

The official country of birth distribution records 86 people (1.3%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Borba, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/borba/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Borba, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Terena) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Terena) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
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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
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