Living in Boticas
In Boticas, average gross earnings are €1,146 a month (2024) and unemployment is 1.6% (2026).
Population density was 17.9 people per km² in 2021. There were 190 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. In 2021, the population of Boticas, in Portugal, was 5,750. The city covered 322 km² in 2021.
Lower unemployment than 83% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 63% of Portuguese cities that publish it.
Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Boticas?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Boticas. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Boticas 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.
Work and income
The unemployment rate was 1.63% in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Boticas?
The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 1.63 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202621
Boticas 1.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Boticas. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Boticas. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 190 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 Boticas 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 guideSafety
How safe is Boticas?
Police recorded 2,500 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: 2,500 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20223
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 2,500 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 VRL, 45.7 km away in June 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Boticas. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
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.
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.
Climate and air quality
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 11.1 · Feb 13.7 · Mar 17.3 · Apr 19.1 · May 22.9 · Jun 27.5 · Jul 30.8 · Aug 30.9 · Sep 27 · Oct 20.9 · Nov 14.6 · Dec 11.4 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação CHAVES (Aeródromo) (nº 616)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 1.4 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 3.6 · Apr 6 · May 8.7 · Jun 11.8 · Jul 13.5 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 8.2 · Nov 4.4 · Dec 2.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação CHAVES (Aeródromo) (nº 616)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 6.2 · Feb 7.5 · Mar 10.4 · Apr 12.6 · May 15.8 · Jun 19.6 · Jul 22.1 · Aug 22 · Sep 19 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 6.8 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação CHAVES (Aeródromo) (nº 616)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 85.1 · Feb 49.5 · Mar 63.9 · Apr 58.7 · May 63.8 · Jun 25 · Jul 15.1 · Aug 17.8 · Sep 36.9 · Oct 91.3 · Nov 86.7 · Dec 92.7 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação CHAVES (Aeródromo) (nº 616)6Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Portugal: Vila Franca de Xira ±2.8 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.6 °C, Reims (France) ±2.9 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.1 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.1 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.3 °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 Boticas?
The published population was 5,750 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)2
By nationality
National passport98.7%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 322 km² | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)2Official |
| Foreign residents | 74 people | 2023 | Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.20Independent |
| Population density | 17.86 people/km² | 2021 | Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.10Official |
| Population | 5,750 people | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)2Official |
International community in Boticas
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 | 5,000 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 4,712 | 94.2% |
| Estrangeira | 288 | 5.8% |
| Europa | 177 | 3.5% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 146 | 2.9% |
| França | 111 | 2.2% |
| América | 67 | 1.3% |
| Brasil | 43 | 0.9% |
| África | 40 | 0.8% |
| Angola | 32 | 0.6% |
| Outros países - Europa | 31 | 0.6% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Suíça | 24 | 0.5% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 14 | 0.3% |
| Alemanha | 12 | 0.2% |
| Espanha | 12 | 0.2% |
| Canadá | 7 | 0.1% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 7 | 0.1% |
| Bélgica | 4 | 0.1% |
| Luxemburgo | 4 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - América | 3 | 0.1% |
| Ásia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Reino Unido | 3 | 0.1% |
| Ucrânia | 3 | 0.1% |
| China | 2 | 0.0% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 2 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Moçambique | 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 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 | 5,000 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 4,928 | 98.6% |
| Estrangeira | 72 | 1.4% |
| América | 35 | 0.7% |
| Brasil | 27 | 0.5% |
| Europa | 26 | 0.5% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 20 | 0.4% |
| França | 13 | 0.3% |
| África | 8 | 0.2% |
| Outros países - Europa | 6 | 0.1% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 6 | 0.1% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Espanha | 4 | 0.1% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 4 | 0.1% |
| Ásia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Suíça | 3 | 0.1% |
| China | 3 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - América | 2 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 2 | 0.0% |
| Canadá | 2 | 0.0% |
| Reino Unido | 2 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Alemanha | 1 | 0.0% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ucrânia | 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 Boticas
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Boticas from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Cities near Boticas
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31
- Rent
- 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
- Rent
- 3.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Alternative cities in Portugal
Other cities in Portugal to compare with Boticas, nearest in population first.
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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; Boticas's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Boticas?
The published population was 5,750 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).
How safe is Boticas?
Police recorded 2,500 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 Boticas?
The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in Boticas?
74 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..
Is Boticas a good place to live?
Boticas 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 Boticas?
Vidago, Chaves, Montalegre, Ribeira de Pena, Vila Pouca de Aguiar are near Boticas. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Portuguesa live in Boticas?
The official country of birth distribution records 4,712 people (94.2%) 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, October 16). Boticas, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f0be07069390b567eab569e2db8ed2cf]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/boticas/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {Boticas, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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date = {2026-10-16},
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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
- IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação CHAVES (Aeródromo) (nº 616) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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- 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
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- Valor mediano das rendas de novos contratos de arrendamento de alojamentos familiares nos últimos 12 meses (Metodologia 2026 - €/ m²) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024 - geografia 2025); Trimestral - INE, Estatísticas de Rendas da Habitação ao nível local ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
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- 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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