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Living in Fafe

Fafe is a city in Portugal. The nearest airport was VRL, 42.1 km away in June 2026. In 2021, Fafe had a population of 15,703.

Cheaper rent than 77% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than any other Portuguese city that publishes it and less recorded crime than 65% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Fafe.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Fafe?

Average net cold rent is 4.7 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): 4.7 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt11

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

Net rent across major citiesFafe highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Fafe highlighted€16.50Cascais€15.42Oeiras€13.43Almada€13.00Amadora€11.98Matosinhos€11.73Loures€11.33Seixal€11.24Sintra€10.61Vila Nova de Gaia€10.15Porto€8.57Braga€4.70Fafenet rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.7 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.1926 Aug 2026www.ine.pt11Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 282 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.7 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 9.83% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Fafe?

The unemployment rate is about 9.8 % (June 2026).

  • Unemployment rate: 9.83 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202613
Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Fafe is 9.8%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Portugal per band6 cities: 0% to under 1%60–176 cities: 1% to under 2%761–2118 cities: 2% to under 3%1182–341 cities: 3% to under 4%413–44 cities: 4% to under 5%44–52 cities: 5% to under 6%25–61 city: 6% to under 7%16–71 city: 7% to under 8%17–81 city: 9% to under 10%19–10Fafe 9.8%1 city: 12% to under 13%112–13

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Unemployment rate9.83 %country median 2.3%30 Jun 2026IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202613Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents430 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.8Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Fafe 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 guide
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Fafe?

Police recorded 2,480 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: 2,480 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20224
Recorded crime across major citiesFafe highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Fafe highlighted5,240Porto3,580Almada3,330Amadora2,910Matosinhos2,800Loures2,700Cascais2,640Sintra2,570Vila Nova de Gaia2,480Fafe2,440Braga2,380Oeiras2,170Seixalrecorded incidents per 100k residents
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,480 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,71531 Dec 2022INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20224Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportVRL13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv9Official
Distance to nearest airport42.1 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv9Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fafe. 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
Open official information
Open the full Portugal section
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Fafe.

Climate and air quality

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Fafe annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit154023.0PM10104029.0NO₂µg/m³

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Fafe lands among 47 measured cities
annual PM10, µg/m³ · measured cities in Portugal per band17–818–929–10110–11111–12212–13113–14314–15315–16216–17417–18618–19719–20620–21222–23223–24Fafe 23.0124–25128–29139–40

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean29 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém)1Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean23 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém)2Official · nearest-station reading
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 18.01 · Feb 19.98 · Mar 23.12 · Apr 26.48 · May 32.76 · Jun 38.8 · Jul 39.1 · Aug 40.89 · Sep 39.32 · Oct 33.09 · Nov 23.37 · Dec 16.59 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center7Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -4.28 · Feb -4.73 · Mar -4.68 · Apr -1.56 · May 0.37 · Jun 4.68 · Jul 6.87 · Aug 7.49 · Sep 6.1 · Oct -0.27 · Nov -2.46 · Dec -4.85 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center7Official
Average temperature by monthJan 6.07 · Feb 6.46 · Mar 8.77 · Apr 11.11 · May 14.27 · Jun 18.27 · Jul 21.07 · Aug 21.29 · Sep 18.85 · Oct 14.14 · Nov 8.91 · Dec 6.44 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center7Official

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities
Macedo de Cavaleiros15,776 residentsSerpa15,623 residentsBatalha15,805 residentsSertã15,880 residentsCastro Daire15,339 residentsPenacova15,251 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 219.1 km² in 2021. Population density was 71.7 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Fafe?

The published population was 15,703 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)3

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Fafe residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport94.1%Foreign residents 5.9%

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area219.1 km²2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)3Official
Foreign residents926 people2023Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.12Independent
Population density71.68 people/km²2021Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.10Official
Population15,703 people2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)3Official

International community in Fafe

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
Total48,497100.0%
Portuguesa45,99494.8%
Estrangeira2,5035.2%
Europa1,6473.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)1,4132.9%
França1,2002.5%
América5211.1%
Brasil4520.9%
África2780.6%
Outros países - Europa2340.5%
Angola1650.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Suíça1630.3%
Alemanha800.2%
Moçambique730.2%
Espanha620.1%
Ásia520.1%
Luxemburgo310.1%
Venezuela300.1%
China270.1%
Outros260.1%
Reino Unido210.0%
Outros países - América200.0%
Ucrânia180.0%
Bélgica160.0%
Canadá160.0%
Cabo Verde110.0%
Outros países - África100.0%
Nepal100.0%
Outros países - Ásia90.0%
África do Sul80.0%
Itália60.0%
Federação da Rússia60.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe60.0%
Oceânia50.0%
Austrália50.0%
Bangladeche50.0%
Guiné-Bissau50.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)50.0%
Bulgária40.0%
Roménia40.0%
Estados Unidos da América30.0%
Finlândia20.0%
Polónia20.0%
Áustria10.0%
Índia10.0%

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

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
Total48,497100.0%
Portuguesa47,88198.7%
Estrangeira6151.3%
América3400.7%
Brasil3130.6%
Europa1740.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)1300.3%
Ásia630.1%
França590.1%
Outros países - Europa440.1%
China420.1%
Show 33 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
África360.1%
Espanha250.1%
Angola230.0%
Alemanha200.0%
Suíça170.0%
Ucrânia160.0%
Venezuela140.0%
Outros países - América120.0%
Nepal100.0%
Itália80.0%
Reino Unido70.0%
Outros países - Ásia60.0%
Bangladeche50.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)50.0%
Outros países - África40.0%
Luxemburgo40.0%
Moçambique40.0%
Oceânia20.0%
Bélgica20.0%
Bulgária20.0%
Cabo Verde20.0%
Finlândia20.0%
Federação da Rússia20.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe20.0%
Outros20.0%
Outros países - Oceânia10.0%
Apátrida10.0%
Áustria10.0%
Austrália10.0%
Dinamarca10.0%
Polónia10.0%
Estados Unidos da América10.0%
África do Sul10.0%

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

Is Fafe 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–66%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–67%
Student67%strong on cost, weak on education · range 58–76%
Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–69%
Retirement68%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 58–78%
Foreign residents926 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.
Population15,703 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.7 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt
Unemployment rate9.83 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026
NO₂ — annual mean29 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém)
PM10 — annual mean23 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém)
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 Fafe?

The published population was 15,703 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Fafe?

Average net cold rent is 4.7 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 329 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Fafe?

Police recorded 2,480 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 Fafe?

The unemployment rate is about 9.8 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Fafe?

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

Is Fafe a good place to live?

Fafe 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 Fafe?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,647 people (3.4%) 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). Fafe, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/fafe/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Fafe, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety, climate},
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  date = {2026-09-12},
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Sources

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  1. EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  2. EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  3. INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
  4. 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
  5. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014632 nationality ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
  6. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014633 country of birth ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
  7. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
  8. 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
  9. OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
  10. Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
Show 3 more sources
  1. www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
  2. Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15
  3. IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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