Living in Nisa

In Nisa, average gross earnings are €1,122 a month (2024) and unemployment is 2.3% (2026).

Nisa, a city in Portugal, had a population of 7,450 in 2021. The foreign population count was 137 in 2023. The unemployment rate was 2.27% in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population7,450people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,122EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Unemployment rate2.27%country median 2.3% — 3% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime3,590incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 32% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

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

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 Nisa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Nisa. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesNisa highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Porto€10.15

Braga€8.57

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Amadora€13.00

Matosinhos€11.98

Loures€11.73

Seixal€11.33

Sintra€11.24

Vila Nova de Gaia€10.61

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MEO fixed fibre⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹²Official · national market

Is Nisa a good place to live?

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Remote worker46%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 36–56%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student44%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 34–54%

Family45%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–54%

Retirement44%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 33–55%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nisa?

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

Unemployment rate: 2.27 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Nisa is 2.3%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Nisa 2.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,122 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)¹Official
Unemployment rate	2.27 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	160 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 Nisa 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 Nisa?

Police recorded 3,590 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: 3,590 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 citiesNisa highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Nisa3,590

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,590 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 BJZ, 99.7 km away, with 2 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁹Official
Nearest airport	BJZ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	99.7 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nisa. 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 Nisa.

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 18.12 · Feb 20.59 · Mar 25.01 · Apr 28.28 · May 35.87 · Jun 42.75 · Jul 43.13 · Aug 45.11 · Sep 42.72 · Oct 36 · Nov 25.23 · Dec 18.09 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -4.51 · Feb -4.33 · Mar -4.56 · Apr -0.19 · May 2.8 · Jun 7.62 · Jul 10.19 · Aug 11.08 · Sep 9.47 · Oct 1.79 · Nov -1.44 · Dec -5.47 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 7.02 · Feb 7.98 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 13.39 · May 17.32 · Jun 22.36 · Jul 25.8 · Aug 26.1 · Sep 22.63 · Oct 16.89 · Nov 10.63 · Dec 7.44 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 575.7 km² in 2021. Population density was 12.9 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Nisa?

The published population was 7,450 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	575.7 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	137 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹³Independent
Population density	12.94 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹¹Official
Population	7,450 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Nisa

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	5,952	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,701	95.8%
Estrangeira	251	4.2%
Europa	142	2.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	115	1.9%
França	67	1.1%
África	48	0.8%
América	46	0.8%
Brasil	32	0.5%
Outros países - Europa	27	0.5%
Angola	23	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Alemanha	16	0.3%
Moçambique	16	0.3%
Ásia	15	0.3%
Espanha	14	0.2%
Reino Unido	13	0.2%
Venezuela	9	0.2%
Moldávia	7	0.1%
Índia	6	0.1%
Roménia	6	0.1%
Suíça	5	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.1%
Bélgica	4	0.1%
África do Sul	4	0.1%
Outros países - América	3	0.1%
Cabo Verde	3	0.1%
Luxemburgo	3	0.1%
Suécia	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Chéquia	1	0.0%
Itália	1	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	1	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%
Ucrânia	1	0.0%
Outros	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	5,952	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,853	98.3%
Estrangeira	99	1.7%
Europa	52	0.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	32	0.5%
América	29	0.5%
Brasil	23	0.4%
Outros países - Europa	20	0.3%
Ásia	16	0.3%
Reino Unido	14	0.2%
França	10	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
China	8	0.1%
Alemanha	6	0.1%
Índia	6	0.1%
Roménia	6	0.1%
Moldávia	5	0.1%
Venezuela	5	0.1%
Bélgica	4	0.1%
Espanha	4	0.1%
África	2	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Angola	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Chéquia	1	0.0%
Itália	1	0.0%
Ucrânia	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 Nisa

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.

Alcobaça as a Nisa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 114 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 55,597 Alcobaça vs 7,450 Nisa+646%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,290 Alcobaça vs 3,590 Nisa−36%
Unemployment: 1.7% Alcobaça vs 2.3% Nisa−26%
Nearest airport: 86.6 km Alcobaça vs 99.7 km Nisa−13%

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Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Almodôvar7,449 residents Miranda do Douro7,482 residents Alhandra7,415 residents Mondim de Basto7,493 residents Pampilhosa da Serra7,493 residents Arraiolos7,363 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; Nisa'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 Nisa?

The published population was 7,450 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How safe is Nisa?

Police recorded 3,590 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 Nisa?

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

How many foreign residents live in Nisa?

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

Is Nisa a good place to live?

Nisa 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 Nisa?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,701 people (95.8%) 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 = {Nisa, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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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
MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
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
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14

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Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15
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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