Living in Sabrosa

In Sabrosa, average gross earnings are €1,256 a month (2024) and unemployment is 2.5% (2026).

The unemployment rate was 2.53% in June 2026. For Sabrosa, there were 140 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The population of Sabrosa, in Portugal, was 6,361 in 2021. The city covered 156.9 km² in 2021. Population density was 40.5 people per km² in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2325 sources

Population6,361people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,256EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Unemployment rate2.53%country median 2.3% — 9% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,060incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 25% belowOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Higher unemployment than 62% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 86% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Sabrosa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Sabrosa. 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 citiesSabrosa 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 fibre⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹³Official · national market

Is Sabrosa a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on housing · range 45–65%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student54%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 44–64%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 55–73%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Sabrosa?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.53 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁵

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Sabrosa is 2.5%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

131

0–11–22–33–44–55–66–77–89–1012–13

Sabrosa 2.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,256 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)³Official
Unemployment rate	2.53 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁵Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	140 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.¹⁰Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sabrosa 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 Sabrosa?

Police recorded 2,060 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: 2,060 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesSabrosa highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Sabrosa2,060

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,060 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 2022⁵Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VRL, 12.2 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VRL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	12.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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

0°

10°3°

12°3°

16°6°

17°7°

21°10°

25°13°

29°15°

25°13°

19°10°

13°6°

10°4°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

129

121

123

143

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM1010WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂5WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Sabrosa lands among 49 measured cities

7–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2122–2323–2424–2528–2939–40

Sabrosa 10.0

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)⁸Official · 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)⁸Official · 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)⁸Official · 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)⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Gondomar ±2.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gresham (United States) ±1.0 °C, Vancouver (United States) ±1.0 °C, Reims (France) ±2.9 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±2.9 °C, Bellevue (United States) ±1.8 °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

How many people live in Sabrosa?

The published population was 6,361 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	156.9 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official
Foreign residents	47 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.²⁴Independent
Population density	40.54 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹²Official
Population	6,361 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official

International community in Sabrosa

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	5,548	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,253	94.7%
Estrangeira	295	5.3%
Europa	170	3.1%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	125	2.3%
África	80	1.4%
França	76	1.4%
Angola	55	1.0%
Outros países - Europa	45	0.8%
Suíça	42	0.8%
América	39	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Brasil	34	0.6%
Luxemburgo	16	0.3%
Moçambique	15	0.3%
Espanha	11	0.2%
Bélgica	9	0.2%
Outros países - África	8	0.1%
Ásia	6	0.1%
Bulgária	6	0.1%
Alemanha	5	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	3	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	3	0.1%
China	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Outros	2	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%
Venezuela	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

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	5,548	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,489	98.9%
Estrangeira	59	1.1%
Europa	24	0.4%
América	20	0.4%
Brasil	19	0.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	16	0.3%
África	9	0.2%
Outros países - Europa	8	0.1%
Suíça	8	0.1%
Ásia	6	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgária	6	0.1%
Espanha	6	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.1%
Moçambique	4	0.1%
Outros países - África	3	0.1%
Angola	2	0.0%
China	2	0.0%
Outros países - América	1	0.0%
Alemanha	1	0.0%
França	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Alternatives for people set on Sabrosa

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.

Santa Marta de Penaguião as a Sabrosa alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,550 Santa Marta de Penaguião vs 2,060 Sabrosa−25%
Unemployment: 2.9% Santa Marta de Penaguião vs 2.5% Sabrosa+14%
Nearest airport: 9.8 km Santa Marta de Penaguião vs 12.2 km Sabrosa−20%
Residents: 7,356 Santa Marta de Penaguião vs 6,361 Sabrosa+16%

Full comparison More about Santa Marta de Penaguião

Pombal as a Sabrosa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 174 km, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Nearest airport: 109.7 km Pombal vs 12.2 km Sabrosa+799%
Residents: 55,217 Pombal vs 6,361 Sabrosa+768%
Unemployment: 1.8% Pombal vs 2.5% Sabrosa−28%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,100 Pombal vs 2,060 Sabrosasame level

Full comparison More about Pombal

Cities near Sabrosa

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Vilela 5.0 km away

Rent: 5.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alijó 8.5 km away

Rent: 3.48 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Vila Real 14.7 km away

Rent: 6.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

São João da Pesqueira 20.7 km away

Rent: 4.31 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Tabuaço6,350 residents Carrazeda de Ansiães6,373 residents Castanheira do Ribatejo6,313 residents Arrifana6,311 residents Taipas6,304 residents Armamar6,297 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; Sabrosa'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 Sabrosa?

The published population was 6,361 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How safe is Sabrosa?

Police recorded 2,060 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 Sabrosa?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Sabrosa?

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

Is Sabrosa a good place to live?

Sabrosa 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.

Which cities are near Sabrosa?

Vilela, Alijó, Vila Real, Tabuaço, Murça are near Sabrosa. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Sabrosa?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,253 people (94.7%) 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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  title = {Sabrosa, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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 VILA REAL (nº 567) 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

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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
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