Living in Miranda do Douro

In Miranda do Douro, average gross earnings are €1,136 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €3.51 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 1.8% (2026).

In June 2026, the unemployment rate was 1.79%. Miranda do Douro had a population of 7,482 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population7,482people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,136EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent3.51EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 43% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.79%country median 2.3% — 23% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,650incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 3% 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 93% of Portuguese cities that publish it and lower unemployment than 75% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Miranda do Douro?

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 Miranda do Douro.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Miranda do Douro?

Average net cold rent is 3.51 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): 3.51 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 citiesMiranda do Douro highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Miranda do Douro€3.51

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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)	3.51 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹²Official

Is Miranda do Douro a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–69%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–75%

Student60%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 51–69%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 56–72%

Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 211 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.51 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 Miranda do Douro?

The unemployment rate is about 1.8 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 1.79 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Miranda do Douro is 1.8%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Miranda do Douro 1.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,136 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)¹Official
Unemployment rate	1.79 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴Independent

What does a salary buy in Miranda do Douro?

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

Left over each month€664of €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€3.51/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €211
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	€664

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	270 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 Miranda do Douro 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 Miranda do Douro?

Police recorded 2,650 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: 2,650 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 citiesMiranda do Douro highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Miranda do Douro2,650

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,650 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 BGC, 54 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	BGC	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	54 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Miranda do Douro. 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

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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 Miranda do Douro.

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Climate and air quality

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

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9°0°

11°0°

15°3°

17°5°

21°8°

27°12°

30°14°

26°11°

19°8°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.9 · Feb 11.4 · Mar 15 · Apr 17 · May 21.4 · Jun 26.8 · Jul 30.5 · Aug 30.2 · Sep 25.6 · Oct 19.2 · Nov 12.6 · Dec 9.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDA DO DOURO (nº 635)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 2.8 · Apr 4.9 · May 8 · Jun 11.5 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.7 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 7.5 · Nov 3.4 · Dec 0.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDA DO DOURO (nº 635)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.6 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 8.9 · Apr 11 · May 14.7 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 8 · Dec 5.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDA DO DOURO (nº 635)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 71.1 · Feb 43.9 · Mar 51.1 · Apr 57.1 · May 52.2 · Jun 27.5 · Jul 12.4 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 34.7 · Oct 85.7 · Nov 71 · Dec 75.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MIRANDA DO DOURO (nº 635)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Vila Franca de Xira ±3.6 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±1.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±2.3 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±2.7 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.7 °C, León (Spain) ±1.7 °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 487.2 km² in 2021. Population density was 15.4 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Miranda do Douro?

The published population was 7,482 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	487.2 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	159 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹³Independent
Population density	15.36 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	7,482 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Miranda do Douro

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	6,463	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,054	93.7%
Estrangeira	409	6.3%
Europa	251	3.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	236	3.7%
França	129	2.0%
América	79	1.2%
Espanha	77	1.2%
África	74	1.1%
Brasil	56	0.9%
Angola	49	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Moçambique	16	0.2%
Outros países - Europa	15	0.2%
Itália	13	0.2%
Alemanha	11	0.2%
Venezuela	10	0.2%
Outros países - América	7	0.1%
Suíça	6	0.1%
Cabo Verde	6	0.1%
Ucrânia	5	0.1%
Ásia	4	0.1%
Argentina	4	0.1%
China	3	0.0%
Outros países - África	2	0.0%
Canadá	2	0.0%
Reino Unido	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	2	0.0%
Outros	2	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Roménia	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	6,463	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,328	97.9%
Estrangeira	135	2.1%
Europa	59	0.9%
América	57	0.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	53	0.8%
Brasil	37	0.6%
Espanha	31	0.5%
África	14	0.2%
Itália	11	0.2%
Venezuela	10	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - América	9	0.1%
Cabo Verde	8	0.1%
França	7	0.1%
Outros países - Europa	6	0.1%
Ásia	5	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Ucrânia	5	0.1%
Angola	3	0.0%
Moçambique	2	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Alemanha	1	0.0%
Reino Unido	1	0.0%
Lituânia	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 Miranda do Douro

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Miranda do Douro from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Portugal

Other cities in Portugal to compare with Miranda do Douro, nearest in population first.

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Mondim de Basto7,493 residents Pampilhosa da Serra7,493 residents Nisa7,450 residents Almodôvar7,449 residents Algés7,548 residents Alhandra7,415 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; Miranda do Douro'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 Miranda do Douro?

The published population was 7,482 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Miranda do Douro?

Average net cold rent is 3.51 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 246 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Miranda do Douro?

Police recorded 2,650 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 Miranda do Douro?

The unemployment rate is about 1.8 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Miranda do Douro?

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

Is Miranda do Douro a good place to live?

Miranda do Douro 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 Portuguesa live in Miranda do Douro?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,054 people (93.7%) 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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Sources

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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 MIRANDA DO DOURO (nº 635) 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
www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
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

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