Living in Sabugal

In Sabugal, average gross earnings are €1,172 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €3.29 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 1.6% (2026).

In 2024, there were 130 physicians per 100,000 people. The population of Sabugal, in Portugal, was 12,544 in 2021. The city covered 822.7 km² in 2021. Population density was 15.2 people per km² in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population12,544people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,172EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent3.29EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 47% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.61%country median 2.3% — 31% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,800incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 3% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Cheaper rent than 95% of Portuguese cities that publish it and lower unemployment than 84% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Sabugal.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Sabugal?

Average net cold rent is 3.29 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): 3.29 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesSabugal highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Sabugal€3.29

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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 fibre⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.29 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹³Official

Is Sabugal a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–68%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–73%

Student58%strong on housing, weak on education · range 49–67%

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 52–68%

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 197 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.29 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

The unemployment rate was 1.61% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Sabugal?

The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 1.61 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁸

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Sabugal is 1.6%. 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

Sabugal 1.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,172 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)³Official
Unemployment rate	1.61 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁸Independent

What does a salary buy in Sabugal?

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

Left over each month€678of €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€3.29/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €197
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	€678

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Sabugal Salary needed to live in Sabugal

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	130 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 Sabugal 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 Sabugal?

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 2022⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesSabugal highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Sabugal2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,800 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 VSE, 79.9 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VSE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	79.9 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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

PM1011WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂3WHO 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 Sabugal 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

Sabugal 11.0

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	3 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Fundão)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Fundão)²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Sabugal?

The published population was 12,544 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	822.7 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official
Foreign residents	188 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹⁷Independent
Population density	15.25 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹¹Official
Population	12,544 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official

International community in Sabugal

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	11,280	100.0%
Portuguesa	10,532	93.4%
Estrangeira	748	6.6%
Europa	522	4.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	482	4.3%
França	389	3.4%
África	122	1.1%
Angola	90	0.8%
América	89	0.8%
Brasil	62	0.5%
Espanha	47	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - Europa	40	0.4%
Suíça	26	0.2%
Moçambique	22	0.2%
Ásia	14	0.1%
Alemanha	13	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	12	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	8	0.1%
Bulgária	8	0.1%
Reino Unido	6	0.1%
Itália	6	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	6	0.1%
Outros países - América	5	0.0%
Ucrânia	5	0.0%
Outros países - África	4	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
Roménia	4	0.0%
Bélgica	3	0.0%
Canadá	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Índia	3	0.0%
Venezuela	3	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	2	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Outros	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	11,280	100.0%
Portuguesa	11,086	98.3%
Estrangeira	194	1.7%
Europa	99	0.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	84	0.7%
América	62	0.5%
Brasil	50	0.4%
França	34	0.3%
África	26	0.2%
Angola	18	0.2%
Espanha	18	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - Europa	15	0.1%
Bulgária	11	0.1%
Ásia	7	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	7	0.1%
Reino Unido	6	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.0%
Outros países - África	4	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.0%
Itália	4	0.0%
Roménia	4	0.0%
Ucrânia	4	0.0%
Outros países - América	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Alemanha	3	0.0%
Suíça	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	2	0.0%
Venezuela	2	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Moçambique	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%
África do Sul	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

Alternatives for people set on Sabugal

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

Cities near Sabugal

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

Penamacor 21.6 km away

Rent: 3.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Belmonte 22.7 km away

Rent: 3.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Mira12,465 residents Sátão12,444 residents Sever do Vouga12,356 residents Algueirão12,845 residents Vieira do Minho12,997 residents Tábua12,071 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; Sabugal'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 Sabugal?

The published population was 12,544 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Sabugal?

Average net cold rent is 3.29 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 230 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Sabugal?

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 Sabugal?

The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Sabugal?

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

Is Sabugal a good place to live?

Sabugal 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 Sabugal?

Penamacor, Belmonte are near Sabugal. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Sabugal?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,532 people (93.4%) 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 = {Sabugal, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Fundão) 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
MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
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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
www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
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IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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