Living in Fafe

In Fafe, average gross earnings are €1,165 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €4.70 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 9.8% (2026).

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

Last checked 2026-09-2326 sources

Population15,703people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,165EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent4.7EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 24% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate9.83%country median 2.3% — 322% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,480incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 9% 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 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.pt¹⁵

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesFafe highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Fafe€4.70

Show the other 6 cities

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 fibre⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.7 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹⁵Official

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 worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–63%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–67%

Student63%strong on cost, weak on education · range 54–72%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–67%

Retirement65%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 55–75%

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 2026²⁶

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Fafe is 9.8%. 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

Fafe 9.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,165 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)⁴Official
Unemployment rate	9.83 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁶Independent

What does a salary buy in Fafe?

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

Left over each month€593of €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€4.70/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €282
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	€593

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

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

Open the Portugal service overview

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	430 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.¹¹Official

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.

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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 2022⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesFafe 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

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Fafe2,480

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,480 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 2022⁶Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VRL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹²Official
Distance to nearest airport	42.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹²Official

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.

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 Fafe.

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Climate and air quality

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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM1023WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂29WHO 10 · EU 40

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 49 measured cities

7–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2122–2323–2424–2528–2939–40

Fafe 23.0

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	29 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém)²Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	23 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Cónego Dr. Manuel Faria-Azurém)³Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 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 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -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 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 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 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official

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)⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	219.1 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁵Official
Foreign residents	926 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.²⁵Independent
Population density	71.68 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹³Official
Population	15,703 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁵Official

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 group	People	Share
Total	48,497	100.0%
Portuguesa	45,994	94.8%
Estrangeira	2,503	5.2%
Europa	1,647	3.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	1,413	2.9%
França	1,200	2.5%
América	521	1.1%
Brasil	452	0.9%
África	278	0.6%
Outros países - Europa	234	0.5%
Angola	165	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Suíça	163	0.3%
Alemanha	80	0.2%
Moçambique	73	0.2%
Espanha	62	0.1%
Ásia	52	0.1%
Luxemburgo	31	0.1%
Venezuela	30	0.1%
China	27	0.1%
Outros	26	0.1%
Reino Unido	21	0.0%
Outros países - América	20	0.0%
Ucrânia	18	0.0%
Bélgica	16	0.0%
Canadá	16	0.0%
Cabo Verde	11	0.0%
Outros países - África	10	0.0%
Nepal	10	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	9	0.0%
África do Sul	8	0.0%
Itália	6	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	6	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	6	0.0%
Oceânia	5	0.0%
Austrália	5	0.0%
Bangladeche	5	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	5	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.0%
Bulgária	4	0.0%
Roménia	4	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	3	0.0%
Finlândia	2	0.0%
Polónia	2	0.0%
Áustria	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%

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

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	48,497	100.0%
Portuguesa	47,881	98.7%
Estrangeira	615	1.3%
América	340	0.7%
Brasil	313	0.6%
Europa	174	0.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	130	0.3%
Ásia	63	0.1%
França	59	0.1%
Outros países - Europa	44	0.1%
China	42	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
África	36	0.1%
Espanha	25	0.1%
Angola	23	0.0%
Alemanha	20	0.0%
Suíça	17	0.0%
Ucrânia	16	0.0%
Venezuela	14	0.0%
Outros países - América	12	0.0%
Nepal	10	0.0%
Itália	8	0.0%
Reino Unido	7	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	6	0.0%
Bangladeche	5	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.0%
Outros países - África	4	0.0%
Luxemburgo	4	0.0%
Moçambique	4	0.0%
Oceânia	2	0.0%
Bélgica	2	0.0%
Bulgária	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Finlândia	2	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	2	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	2	0.0%
Outros	2	0.0%
Outros países - Oceânia	1	0.0%
Apátrida	1	0.0%
Áustria	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Dinamarca	1	0.0%
Polónia	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 source⁷

Alternatives for people set on Fafe

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.

Amarante as a Fafe alternative in the same region

21 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 2.9% Amarante vs 9.8% Fafe−71%
Residents: 52,264 Amarante vs 15,703 Fafe+233%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 2,480 Fafe−19%
Nearest airport: 29.9 km Amarante vs 42.1 km Fafe−29%
Rent: €4.63/m² Amarante vs €4.70/m² Fafesame level

Full comparison More about Amarante

Moita as a Fafe alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 319 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 66,029 Moita vs 15,703 Fafe+320%
Unemployment: 3.9% Moita vs 9.8% Fafe−60%
Rent: €10.04/m² Moita vs €4.70/m² Fafeno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,920 Moita vs 2,480 Fafe+18%
Nearest airport: 19.7 km Moita vs 42.1 km Fafe−53%

Full comparison More about Moita

Cities near Fafe

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

Serzedo 7.2 km away

Rent: 7.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Felgueiras 9.7 km away

Rent: 4.48 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Guimarães 10.4 km away

Rent: 6.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Salary: 1,104 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2022-12-31

Vizela 13.4 km away

Rent: 5.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Macedo de Cavaleiros15,776 residents Serpa15,623 residents Batalha15,805 residents Sertã15,880 residents Linda-a-Velha15,978 residents Castro Daire15,339 residents

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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; Fafe'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 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 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.

Which cities are near Fafe?

Serzedo, Felgueiras, Margaride, Guimarães, Urgeses are near Fafe. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Fafe?

The official country of birth distribution records 45,994 people (94.8%) 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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  title = {Fafe, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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