Living in Mondim de Basto

Mondim de Basto is a city in Portugal. The unemployment rate was 2.26% in June 2026. The nearest airport was VRL, 23.7 km away in June 2026. In 2021, Mondim de Basto had a population of 7,493.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Mondim de Basto?

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 Mondim de Basto.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Mondim de Basto?

Average net cold rent is 4.05 EUR/m² per month (2025), 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): 4.05 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹¹

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

Net rent across major citiesMondim de Basto highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.05 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	31 Dec 2025	www.ine.pt¹¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 243 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.05 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: 2025

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Mondim de Basto?

The unemployment rate is about 2.3 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.26 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Mondim de Basto is 2.3%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	2.26 %country median 2.3% — about the same	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	220 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 Mondim de Basto 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 Mondim de Basto?

Police recorded 2,800 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: 2,800 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 citiesMondim de Basto highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,800 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,715	31 Dec 2022	INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁴Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VRL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	23.7 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Mondim de Basto. 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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Mondim de Basto.

Climate and air quality

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.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Mondim de Basto lands among 47 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.9 · Feb 12.2 · Mar 15.6 · Apr 17.4 · May 21.2 · Jun 25.3 · Jul 28.8 · Aug 29 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 13.2 · Dec 10.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 5.6 · Apr 7.1 · May 9.7 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.9 · Sep 13 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 6 · Dec 3.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.3 · Feb 7.9 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 12.2 · May 15.4 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 7 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 129.4 · Feb 83.6 · Mar 91.1 · Apr 84.8 · May 63.4 · Jun 29.2 · Jul 12.7 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 48.9 · Oct 120.9 · Nov 122.8 · Dec 142.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Pampilhosa da Serra7,493 residents Miranda do Douro7,482 residents Nisa7,450 residents Almodôvar7,449 residents Arraiolos7,363 residents Santa Marta de Penaguião7,356 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 172.1 km² in 2021. Population density was 43.5 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Mondim de Basto?

The published population was 7,493 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	172.1 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official
Foreign residents	80 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹²Independent
Population density	43.54 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	7,493 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official

International community in Mondim de Basto

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	6,410	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,162	96.1%
Estrangeira	248	3.9%
Europa	165	2.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	102	1.6%
Outros países - Europa	63	1.0%
França	60	0.9%
Suíça	54	0.8%
América	49	0.8%
Brasil	49	0.8%
África	25	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Angola	19	0.3%
Alemanha	14	0.2%
Luxemburgo	11	0.2%
Espanha	9	0.1%
Ásia	8	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Reino Unido	6	0.1%
Bélgica	4	0.1%
Moçambique	4	0.1%
Itália	2	0.0%
Ucrânia	2	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	1	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%
Outros	1	0.0%

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 group	People	Share
Total	6,410	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,332	98.8%
Estrangeira	78	1.2%
América	36	0.6%
Brasil	36	0.6%
Europa	33	0.5%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	24	0.4%
Outros países - Europa	9	0.1%
Ásia	9	0.1%
China	9	0.1%
Alemanha	9	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Espanha	6	0.1%
Suíça	4	0.1%
França	4	0.1%
Reino Unido	4	0.1%
Itália	3	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Roménia	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 source⁵

Is Mondim de Basto 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 worker70%strong on work, weak on safety · range 61–79%

Skilled employee74%strong on work, weak on education · range 66–82%

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

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

Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–69%

Foreign residents80 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population7,493 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)4.05 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate2.26 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean5 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)

PM10 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)

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 Mondim de Basto?

The published population was 7,493 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Mondim de Basto?

Average net cold rent is 4.05 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 284 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Mondim de Basto?

Police recorded 2,800 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 Mondim de Basto?

The unemployment rate is about 2.3 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Mondim de Basto?

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

Is Mondim de Basto a good place to live?

Mondim de Basto 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 Mondim de Basto?

The official country of birth distribution records 165 people (2.6%) 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). Mondim de Basto, Portugal: rent, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/mondim-de-basto/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_mondim-de-basto-portugal-rent-jobs_ac979daba5f1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Mondim de Basto, 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/mondim-de-basto/},
  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 VILA REAL (nº 567) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
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