Living in Cinfães

In Cinfães, average gross earnings are €1,166 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €4.13 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 3% (2026).

Cinfães, a city in Portugal, had a population of 20,427 in 2021. In 2023, the foreign population was 286. The unemployment rate was 3.02% in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2324 sources

Population20,427people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,166EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent4.13EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 33% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate3.02%country median 2.3% — 30% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,580incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 5% belowOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Cheaper rent than 86% of Portuguese cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 79% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Cinfães.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Cinfães?

Average net cold rent is 4.13 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): 4.13 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesCinfães highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Cinfães€4.13

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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 fibre⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.13 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹²Official

Is Cinfães 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–67%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–71%

Student59%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 50–68%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–69%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 248 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.13 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 Cinfães?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 3.02 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁴

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Cinfães is 3.0%. 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

Cinfães 3.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,166 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)¹Official
Unemployment rate	3.02 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁴Independent

What does a salary buy in Cinfães?

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

Left over each month€627of €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€4.13/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €248
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	€627

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

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	120 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 Cinfães 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 Cinfães?

Police recorded 2,580 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: 2,580 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 citiesCinfães 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

Cinfães2,580

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,580 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, 38.2 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VRL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	38.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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–B2Cost varies

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

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Climate and air quality

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

11°4°

13°4°

16°6°

17°8°

21°10°

24°13°

27°14°

27°15°

25°13°

20°10°

14°6°

12°5°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

196

129

133

134

163

183

194

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 11 · Feb 12.8 · Mar 15.7 · Apr 17.3 · May 20.5 · Jun 24.1 · Jul 26.7 · Aug 27 · Sep 24.6 · Oct 19.7 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 11.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LUZIM (nº 657)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 3.6 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 7.6 · May 10.1 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.1 · Aug 14.5 · Sep 12.8 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 6.5 · Dec 4.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LUZIM (nº 657)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 7.3 · Feb 8.5 · Mar 11 · Apr 12.4 · May 15.3 · Jun 18.3 · Jul 20.4 · Aug 20.7 · Sep 18.7 · Oct 15 · Nov 10.3 · Dec 8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LUZIM (nº 657)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 196 · Feb 129.3 · Mar 133.2 · Apr 134.2 · May 93.5 · Jun 37.6 · Jul 15.3 · Aug 29.7 · Sep 72.6 · Oct 162.6 · Nov 183.4 · Dec 194.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LUZIM (nº 657)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Barcelos ±1.4 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±2.9 °C, Reims (France) ±2.9 °C, Ventura (United States) ±2.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.3 °C, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) ±1.0 °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 239.3 km² in 2021. Population density was 85.4 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Cinfães?

The published population was 20,427 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	239.3 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	286 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.²³Independent
Population density	85.37 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	20,427 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Cinfães

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	17,730	100.0%
Portuguesa	17,329	97.7%
Estrangeira	401	2.3%
Europa	211	1.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	140	0.8%
América	117	0.7%
França	97	0.5%
Brasil	95	0.5%
Outros países - Europa	71	0.4%
África	59	0.3%
Suíça	50	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Angola	44	0.2%
Reino Unido	15	0.1%
Espanha	14	0.1%
Ásia	13	0.1%
Outros países - América	12	0.1%
Moçambique	12	0.1%
Alemanha	10	0.1%
Luxemburgo	10	0.1%
Venezuela	10	0.1%
China	8	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.0%
Ucrânia	4	0.0%
Bélgica	3	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	3	0.0%
Suécia	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Finlândia	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%
Outros	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	17,730	100.0%
Portuguesa	17,598	99.3%
Estrangeira	132	0.7%
América	73	0.4%
Brasil	58	0.3%
Europa	37	0.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	19	0.1%
Outros países - Europa	18	0.1%
Ásia	14	0.1%
Outros países - América	12	0.1%
China	10	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
África	8	0.0%
França	7	0.0%
Reino Unido	7	0.0%
Suíça	6	0.0%
Espanha	6	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.0%
Ucrânia	4	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Venezuela	3	0.0%
Outros países - África	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Alemanha	1	0.0%
Finlândia	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	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 Cinfães

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.

Castelo de Paiva as a Cinfães alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.4% Castelo de Paiva vs 3.0% Cinfães−22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,030 Castelo de Paiva vs 2,580 Cinfães−21%
Residents: 16,733 Castelo de Paiva vs 20,427 Cinfães−18%
Nearest airport: 42.1 km Castelo de Paiva vs 38.2 km Cinfães+10%
Rent: €4.13/m² Castelo de Paiva vs €4.13/m² Cinfãessame level

Full comparison More about Castelo de Paiva

Póvoa de Varzim as a Cinfães alternative in the same country

67 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 63,408 Póvoa de Varzim vs 20,427 Cinfães+210%
Rent: €8.78/m² Póvoa de Varzim vs €4.13/m² Cinfãesno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,930 Póvoa de Varzim vs 2,580 Cinfães−25%
Nearest airport: 17.2 km Póvoa de Varzim vs 38.2 km Cinfães−55%
Unemployment: 2.7% Póvoa de Varzim vs 3.0% Cinfães−12%

Full comparison More about Póvoa de Varzim

Cities near Cinfães

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

Resende 11.8 km away

Rent: 2.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Baião 11.9 km away

Rent: 4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Valadares 12.4 km away

Rent: 9.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Marco de Canaveses 14.1 km away

Rent: 4.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Castelo de Paiva 15.8 km away

Rent: 4.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Perafita 19.3 km away

Rent: 9.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Arouca 20.4 km away

Rent: 5.21 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Mealhada20,428 residents Cacém20,429 residents Baião20,522 residents Entroncamento20,206 residents Elvas20,706 residents Celorico de Basto20,098 residents

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Cinfães in rankings

#4 of 30 in Cheapest cities to rent in Portugal

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; Cinfães'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 Cinfães?

The published population was 20,427 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Cinfães?

Average net cold rent is 4.13 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 289 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Cinfães?

Police recorded 2,580 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 Cinfães?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Cinfães?

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

Is Cinfães a good place to live?

Cinfães 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 Cinfães?

Resende, Baião, Valadares, Marco de Canaveses, Marco de Canavezes are near Cinfães. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Cinfães?

The official country of birth distribution records 17,329 people (97.7%) 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). Cinfães, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 73a329a5999be9904205d21b89764dff]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/cinfaes/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Cinfães, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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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 LUZIM (nº 657) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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

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Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15
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IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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