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Living in Caminha

In Caminha, average gross earnings are €1,145 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €6.61 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 1.7% (2026).

Caminha is a city in Portugal, with a population of 16,684 in 2021. The nearest airport was VGO, 47.5 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2328 sources

Population16,684people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)
Average gross salary1,145EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)
Average net rent6.61EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 7% aboveOfficial source · www.ine.pt
Unemployment rate1.67%country median 2.3% — 28% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026
Recorded crime3,990incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 46% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Lower unemployment than 81% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 88% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Caminha?

Average net cold rent is 6.61 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): 6.61 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt17
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Caminha recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€15
Net rent across major citiesCaminha highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Caminha highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42
Cascais€16.50
Oeiras€15.42
Almada€13.43
Braga€8.57
Caminha€6.61
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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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MEO fixed fibre11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB15 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Vodafone Portugal mobile plan16Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.61 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2026 Aug 2026www.ine.pt17Official

Is Caminha 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 worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–61%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–69%
Student48%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 39–57%
Family48%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–56%
Retirement50%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 397 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.61 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

The unemployment rate was 1.67% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Caminha?

The unemployment rate is about 1.7 % (June 2026).

  • Unemployment rate: 1.67 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202628
Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Caminha is 1.7%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,145 EUR/month31 Dec 2024INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)5Official
Unemployment rate1.67 %country median 2.3%30 Jun 2026IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202628Independent

What does a salary buy in Caminha?

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

Portugal median gross pay: €1,099 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€478of €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€6.61/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26− €397
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€478
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Caminha Salary needed to live in Caminha

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Caminha. 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

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents560 per 100,0002024Official 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.12Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Caminha 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 Caminha?

Police recorded 3,990 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: 3,990 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20227
Recorded crime across major citiesCaminha highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Caminha highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240
Lisbon5,090
Caminha3,990
Almada3,580
Amadora3,330
Matosinhos2,910
Loures2,800
Cascais2,700
Sintra2,640
Vila Nova de Gaia2,570
Braga2,440
Oeiras2,380
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,990 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,73031 Dec 2022INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20227Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport5 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat13Official
Nearest airportVGO13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official
Distance to nearest airport47.5 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official

Language courses and integration

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

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

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
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.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Caminha lands among 49 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean3 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Minho-Lima)2Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean7 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Minho-Lima)3Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 14.4 · Feb 15.8 · Mar 18.4 · Apr 19.7 · May 22.6 · Jun 25.8 · Jul 28.1 · Aug 28.6 · Sep 26.3 · Oct 22 · Nov 17.2 · Dec 15.1 °C31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PONTE LIMA (Escola Agrícola) (nº 615)10Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 3.8 · Feb 4 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 7.6 · May 10.2 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14 · Aug 13.6 · Sep 12 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 6.9 · Dec 4.8 °C31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PONTE LIMA (Escola Agrícola) (nº 615)10Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 9.1 · Feb 9.9 · Mar 12.3 · Apr 13.7 · May 16.4 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 16.2 · Nov 12 · Dec 9.9 °C31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PONTE LIMA (Escola Agrícola) (nº 615)10Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 223.1 · Feb 138.8 · Mar 145.1 · Apr 136.3 · May 105.9 · Jun 47.2 · Jul 29.9 · Aug 39.4 · Sep 73.3 · Oct 202.6 · Nov 219.5 · Dec 231.4 mm31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PONTE LIMA (Escola Agrícola) (nº 615)10Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Barcelos ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±2.5 °C, Vigo (Spain) ±1.6 °C, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) ±2.0 °C, Downey (United States) ±3.5 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.6 °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

The city covered 136.5 km² in 2021. Population density was 122.2 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Caminha?

The published population was 16,684 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area136.5 km²2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6Official
Foreign residents1,086 people2023Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.27Independent
Population density122.2 people/km²2021Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.15Official
Population16,684 people2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6Official

International community in Caminha

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 groupPeopleShare
Total15,797100.0%
Portuguesa14,30890.6%
Estrangeira1,4899.4%
Europa7434.7%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)6113.9%
França4152.6%
África3602.3%
América3462.2%
Brasil2531.6%
Angola2151.4%
Outros países - Europa1320.8%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Espanha1020.6%
Moçambique880.6%
Outros480.3%
Ásia370.2%
Alemanha370.2%
Suíça320.2%
Cabo Verde290.2%
Venezuela270.2%
Reino Unido250.2%
Estados Unidos da América250.2%
Bélgica180.1%
Canadá180.1%
Ucrânia160.1%
Outros países - Ásia140.1%
Outros países - América130.1%
China130.1%
África do Sul120.1%
Roménia110.1%
Federação da Rússia110.1%
Outros países - África100.1%
Argentina100.1%
Índia100.1%
Itália100.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)40.0%
Oceânia30.0%
Austrália30.0%
Guiné-Bissau30.0%
Luxemburgo30.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe30.0%
Áustria20.0%
Bulgária20.0%
Irlanda20.0%
Polónia20.0%
Dinamarca10.0%
Finlândia10.0%
Suécia10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

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 groupPeopleShare
Total15,797100.0%
Portuguesa15,26096.6%
Estrangeira5363.4%
Europa2381.5%
América2051.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)1861.2%
Brasil1701.1%
Espanha720.5%
África590.4%
França590.4%
Outros países - Europa520.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Ásia340.2%
Reino Unido240.2%
Cabo Verde220.1%
China170.1%
Moçambique170.1%
Angola160.1%
Itália140.1%
Alemanha130.1%
Roménia110.1%
Suíça100.1%
Índia100.1%
Estados Unidos da América100.1%
Argentina90.1%
Bélgica80.1%
Outros80.1%
Venezuela70.0%
Outros países - América60.0%
Outros países - Ásia60.0%
Ucrânia60.0%
Federação da Rússia40.0%
Canadá30.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)30.0%
Irlanda20.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe20.0%
Outros países - África10.0%
Apátrida10.0%
Áustria10.0%
Dinamarca10.0%
Finlândia10.0%
Luxemburgo10.0%
Paquistão10.0%
África do Sul10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Alternatives for people set on Caminha

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.

Cities near Caminha

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

Viana do Castelo Commuting Zone · 14.8 km away
Rent
7.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
A Guarda Spain · 8.4 km away
Rent
4.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
O Rosal Spain · 11.4 km away
Rent
4.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Tomiño Spain · 20.0 km away
Rent
4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Ponte de Lima 22.0 km away
Rent
6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

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How does Caminha 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; Caminha's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Caminha part of Viana do Castelo?

Caminha is in the published commuting zone of Viana do Castelo; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Viana do Castelo city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4

Common questions

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

How many people live in Caminha?

The published population was 16,684 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Caminha?

Average net cold rent is 6.61 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 463 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Caminha?

Police recorded 3,990 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 Caminha?

The unemployment rate is about 1.7 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Caminha?

1,086 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Caminha a good place to live?

Caminha 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 Caminha part of Viana do Castelo?

Caminha is in the published commuting zone of Viana do Castelo; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Caminha?

Viana do Castelo, A Guarda, O Rosal, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Meadela are near Caminha. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Caminha?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,308 people (90.6%) 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). Caminha, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 32ce338c1681f85121522c3c4a803358]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/caminha/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Caminha, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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