Living in Porto Santo

In Porto Santo, average gross earnings are €1,418 a month (2024).

The nearest airport was PXO, 1.4 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026. Its population was 5,483 in 2021. There were 190 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population5,483people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,418EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Recorded crime4,050incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 48% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

PM2.5, annual mean1.78µg/m³country median 6.2 — 71% belowOfficial source · cdn.who.int

More recorded crime than 89% 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 Porto Santo?

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 Porto Santo.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Porto Santo. 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 citiesPorto Santo 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 fibre⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹³Official · national market

Is Porto Santo 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on housing · range 46–64%

Skilled employee58%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–61%

Family36%strong on family, weak on education · range 27–45%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–65%

Work and income

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,418 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)²Official

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	190 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.⁹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Porto Santo 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 Porto Santo?

Police recorded 4,050 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: 4,050 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 citiesPorto Santo highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Porto Santo4,050

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	4,050 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 2022⁴Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	PXO	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	1.4 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 16°C in January and 22°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 44.9 mm in January and 4.1 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Porto Santo?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 1.8 µg/m³ (2010) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 1.78 µg/m³ · cdn.who.int¹

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

18°14°

18°13°

19°14°

20°14°

21°16°

23°18°

25°19°

26°21°

25°20°

24°18°

21°16°

19°15°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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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

PM2.51.8WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Porto Santo is 1.8 µg/m³. Of 72 cities with data, 27 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Porto Santo 1.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	1.78 µg/m³country median 6.2	31 Dec 2010	cdn.who.int¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 18.4 · Feb 18.2 · Mar 18.9 · Apr 19.8 · May 21.2 · Jun 23 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 25.7 · Sep 25.4 · Oct 23.8 · Nov 21.2 · Dec 19.4 °C	31 Dec 2020	IPMA climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, Porto Santo, 1991-2020⁷Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan 13.7 · Feb 13.3 · Mar 13.7 · Apr 14.3 · May 15.8 · Jun 17.8 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 20.5 · Sep 20 · Oct 18.5 · Nov 16.4 · Dec 14.9 °C	31 Dec 2020	IPMA climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, Porto Santo, 1991-2020⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 16 · Feb 15.8 · Mar 16.3 · Apr 17.1 · May 18.5 · Jun 20.4 · Jul 22 · Aug 23.1 · Sep 22.7 · Oct 21.2 · Nov 18.8 · Dec 17.1 °C	31 Dec 2020	IPMA climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, Porto Santo, 1991-2020⁷Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 44.9 · Feb 45.2 · Mar 33.4 · Apr 30 · May 18.1 · Jun 10.2 · Jul 4.1 · Aug 4.4 · Sep 17 · Oct 48.4 · Nov 63.5 · Dec 62.5 mm	31 Dec 2020	IPMA climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, Porto Santo, 1991-2020⁷Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 43 km² in 2021. Population density was 127.5 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Porto Santo?

The published population was 5,483 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport89.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	43.01 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official
Foreign residents	558 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹⁴Independent
Population density	127.5 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹²Official
Population	5,483 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official

International community in Porto Santo

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	5,149	100.0%
Portuguesa	4,715	91.6%
Estrangeira	434	8.4%
Europa	190	3.7%
América	132	2.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	112	2.2%
África	100	1.9%
Outros países - Europa	78	1.5%
Venezuela	76	1.5%
Reino Unido	48	0.9%
São Tomé e Príncipe	38	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Brasil	35	0.7%
Alemanha	24	0.5%
Angola	23	0.4%
Roménia	22	0.4%
África do Sul	19	0.4%
França	18	0.3%
Itália	18	0.3%
Moçambique	16	0.3%
Suíça	12	0.2%
Ásia	9	0.2%
Canadá	8	0.2%
Outros países - América	6	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Espanha	6	0.1%
Federação da Rússia	6	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	6	0.1%
Moldávia	5	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.1%
Polónia	5	0.1%
Ucrânia	5	0.1%
Letónia	4	0.1%
Oceânia	3	0.1%
Austrália	3	0.1%
Irlanda	3	0.1%
Suécia	3	0.1%
Outros países - África	2	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	2	0.0%
Outros	2	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Chéquia	1	0.0%
Estónia	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Hungria	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Eslováquia	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	5,149	100.0%
Portuguesa	4,911	95.4%
Estrangeira	238	4.6%
Europa	142	2.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	92	1.8%
Outros países - Europa	50	1.0%
África	44	0.9%
América	44	0.9%
São Tomé e Príncipe	39	0.8%
Reino Unido	34	0.7%
Brasil	21	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Itália	21	0.4%
Alemanha	20	0.4%
Roménia	13	0.3%
França	12	0.2%
Venezuela	12	0.2%
Suíça	10	0.2%
Ásia	7	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Outros países - América	5	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.1%
Polónia	5	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	5	0.1%
Espanha	4	0.1%
Letónia	4	0.1%
Suécia	4	0.1%
Ucrânia	3	0.1%
África do Sul	3	0.1%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Moldávia	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Chéquia	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%
Eslováquia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁵

Alternatives for people set on Porto Santo

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 Porto Santo alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1170 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Nearest airport: 29.9 km Amarante vs 1.4 km Porto Santo+2036%
Residents: 52,264 Amarante vs 5,483 Porto Santo+853%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 4,050 Porto Santo−50%

Full comparison More about Amarante

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

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Lobão5,490 residents Aguiar da Beira5,473 residents Golegã5,465 residents Sandim5,461 residents Olival5,508 residents Bobadela5,439 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; Porto Santo'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 Porto Santo?

The published population was 5,483 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

Is the air quality good in Porto Santo?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 1.8 µg/m³ (2010) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: cdn.who.int.

How safe is Porto Santo?

Police recorded 4,050 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.

How many foreign residents live in Porto Santo?

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

Is Porto Santo a good place to live?

Porto Santo 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 Porto Santo?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,715 people (91.6%) 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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  title = {Porto Santo, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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cdn.who.int cdn.who.int · checked 2026-08-26
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 climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, Porto Santo, 1991-2020 IPMA climate normal · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-26
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
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14

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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
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

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