Living in Macedo de Cavaleiros

Macedo de Cavaleiros is a city in Portugal. In June 2026, the unemployment rate was 3.32%. Its population was 15,776 in 2021. There were 330 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Cheaper rent than 93% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 88% of Portuguese cities that publish it and cleaner air than any other Portuguese city that publishes it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Macedo de Cavaleiros?

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 Macedo de Cavaleiros.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Macedo de Cavaleiros?

Average net cold rent is 3.5 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): 3.5 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹⁰

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

Net rent across major citiesMacedo de Cavaleiros highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.5 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹⁰Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 210 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.5 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 Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 3.32 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Macedo de Cavaleiros is 3.3%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	3.32 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	330 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.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Macedo de Cavaleiros 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 Macedo de Cavaleiros?

Police recorded 2,740 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: 2,740 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 citiesMacedo de Cavaleiros highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,740 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,715 — about the same	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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	BGC	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	41.3 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Macedo de Cavaleiros. 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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Macedo de Cavaleiros.

Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 1.45 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 2.7 µg/m³ (2020) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 2.66 µg/m³ · cdn.who.int¹

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.

PM2.5 across cities in PortugalAnnual PM2.5 in Macedo de Cavaleiros is 2.7 µg/m³. Of 70 cities with data, 26 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	1.45 µg/m³country median 10.5	2024	official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found¹³Independent
PM2.5 — annual mean	2.66 µg/m³country median 6.2	31 Dec 2020	cdn.who.int¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 10.9 · Feb 14.2 · Mar 18.1 · Apr 20.5 · May 24.9 · Jun 30 · Jul 33.4 · Aug 33.2 · Sep 28.8 · Oct 22.1 · Nov 15.2 · Dec 11.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDELA (nº 632)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.7 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 3.9 · Apr 6.5 · May 9.5 · Jun 13.1 · Jul 15.3 · Aug 15.1 · Sep 12.4 · Oct 9 · Nov 4.8 · Dec 2.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDELA (nº 632)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.3 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 11 · Apr 13.5 · May 17.2 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 24.3 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 20.6 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 10 · Dec 6.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDELA (nº 632)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 62.7 · Feb 36.7 · Mar 50.8 · Apr 46.3 · May 42.7 · Jun 24.1 · Jul 12.1 · Aug 16.1 · Sep 32.7 · Oct 73.8 · Nov 64.5 · Dec 69 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDELA (nº 632)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Batalha15,805 residents Fafe15,703 residents Sertã15,880 residents Serpa15,623 residents Castro Daire15,339 residents Penacova15,251 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 699.1 km² in 2021. Population density was 22.6 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The published population was 15,776 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	699.1 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	388 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹¹Independent
Population density	22.56 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁹Official
Population	15,776 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Macedo de Cavaleiros

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	14,251	100.0%
Portuguesa	13,245	92.9%
Estrangeira	1,006	7.1%
Europa	633	4.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	536	3.8%
África	258	1.8%
França	256	1.8%
Angola	169	1.2%
Bulgária	114	0.8%
Espanha	111	0.8%
Outros países - Europa	97	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
América	96	0.7%
Brasil	87	0.6%
Moçambique	57	0.4%
Suíça	49	0.3%
Alemanha	40	0.3%
Ucrânia	19	0.1%
Ásia	18	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	18	0.1%
Outros	17	0.1%
China	11	0.1%
Federação da Rússia	7	0.0%
Outros países - América	6	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	6	0.0%
Outros países - África	5	0.0%
Reino Unido	5	0.0%
Luxemburgo	5	0.0%
Roménia	4	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	3	0.0%
Índia	3	0.0%
Canadá	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Polónia	2	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Finlândia	1	0.0%
Paquistão	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 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	14,251	100.0%
Portuguesa	13,878	97.4%
Estrangeira	373	2.6%
Europa	257	1.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	221	1.6%
Bulgária	116	0.8%
Espanha	57	0.4%
América	56	0.4%
Brasil	51	0.4%
África	42	0.3%
Outros países - Europa	36	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
França	31	0.2%
Ucrânia	19	0.1%
Ásia	18	0.1%
Angola	14	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	14	0.1%
China	13	0.1%
Alemanha	12	0.1%
Outros	6	0.0%
Outros países - América	5	0.0%
Suíça	5	0.0%
Moçambique	5	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	5	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	4	0.0%
Outros países - África	3	0.0%
Roménia	3	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	2	0.0%
Reino Unido	2	0.0%
Índia	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Itália	1	0.0%
Paquistão	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Is Macedo de Cavaleiros 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 worker72%strong on work, weak on safety · range 64–80%

Skilled employee73%strong on work, weak on education · range 65–81%

Student65%strong on cost, weak on education · range 56–74%

Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 55–71%

Retirement70%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 61–79%

Foreign residents388 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population15,776 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)3.5 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate3.32 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean1.45 µg/m³2024Independent source · official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found

PM2.5 — annual mean2.66 µg/m³31 Dec 2020Official source · cdn.who.int

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 Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The published population was 15,776 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Macedo de Cavaleiros?

Average net cold rent is 3.5 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 245 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 2.7 µg/m³ (2020) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: cdn.who.int.

How safe is Macedo de Cavaleiros?

Police recorded 2,740 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 Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Macedo de Cavaleiros?

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

Is Macedo de Cavaleiros a good place to live?

Macedo de Cavaleiros 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 Macedo de Cavaleiros?

The official country of birth distribution records 633 people (4.4%) 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). Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal: rent, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/macedo-de-cavaleiros/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_macedo-de-cavaleiros-portugal-rent-jobs_649c70277de5,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal: rent, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/macedo-de-cavaleiros/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
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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 MIRANDELA (nº 632) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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
www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26

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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
official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found aqportal.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-15

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