Living in Santo António da Charneca

In Santo António da Charneca, rents in new contracts average €9.95 per m² a month (2026).

Santo António da Charneca is a city in Portugal.

Last checked 2026-10-0725 sources

Population1,409people19 Apr 2021Official source · Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)

Average gross salary1,421EUR/month31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent9.95EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 60% aboveOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate3.55%30 Jun 2026Municipality figureIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime3,600incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Municipality figureOfficial source · Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça

PM2.5, annual mean7.89µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

Pricier rent than 83% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 92% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 82% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Santo António da Charneca?

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 Santo António da Charneca.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Santo António da Charneca?

Average net cold rent is 9.95 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): 9.95 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesSanto António da Charneca highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Santo António da Charneca€9.95

Braga€8.57

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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 plan¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.95 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹⁴Official

Is Santo António da Charneca a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 36–60%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–69%

Student48%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 37–59%

Family48%strong on family, weak on education · range 35–61%

Retirement49%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 36–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 597 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.95 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

What is the unemployment rate in Santo António da Charneca?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 3.55 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁵

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Santo António da Charneca is 3.6%. 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

Santo António da Charneca 3.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,421 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)⁶Official · parent municipality
Unemployment rate	3.55 %	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁵Independent · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Santo António da Charneca?

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

Left over each month€278of €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€9.95/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €597
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	€278

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

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Santo António da Charneca?

Police recorded 3,600 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça¹¹

Recorded crime across major citiesSanto António da Charneca 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

Seixal2,170

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,600 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça¹¹Official · parent municipality

Mobility and administration

Santo António da Charneca's nearest airport was LIS, 20 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	103 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	20 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LIS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Santo António da Charneca. 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 Santo António da Charneca.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Santo António da Charneca?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.89 µg/m³ · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)¹

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

15°9°

16°9°

19°11°

20°12°

23°14°

26°17°

28°18°

29°19°

27°18°

23°15°

18°12°

15°9°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

104

111

134

109

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

PM2.57.9WHO 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 Santo António da Charneca is 7.9 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

Santo António da Charneca 7.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.89 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 15.1 · Feb 16.4 · Mar 18.9 · Apr 20.4 · May 23.1 · Jun 26.1 · Jul 28.2 · Aug 28.8 · Sep 26.6 · Oct 22.8 · Nov 18.1 · Dec 15.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LISBOA (Instituto Geofísico) (nº 535)⁷Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 8.6 · Feb 9.1 · Mar 11 · Apr 12.3 · May 14.4 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 18.2 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 17.6 · Oct 15.3 · Nov 11.8 · Dec 9.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LISBOA (Instituto Geofísico) (nº 535)⁷Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 11.8 · Feb 12.8 · Mar 14.9 · Apr 16.3 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 23.2 · Aug 23.8 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 19.1 · Nov 15 · Dec 12.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LISBOA (Instituto Geofísico) (nº 535)⁷Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 103.8 · Feb 77.8 · Mar 68.7 · Apr 71.8 · May 57.8 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 2.6 · Aug 5.4 · Sep 38.6 · Oct 110.6 · Nov 133.9 · Dec 108.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação LISBOA (Instituto Geofísico) (nº 535)⁷Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Portugal: Loures ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±1.2 °C, Ventura (United States) ±3.0 °C, Latina (Italy) ±2.3 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.8 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.8 °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 Santo António da Charneca?

The published population was 1,409 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	1,409 people	19 Apr 2021	Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Santo António da Charneca

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.

Aldeia de Paio Pires as a Santo António da Charneca alternative in the same region

5 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 10,277 Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 1,409 Santo António da Charneca+629%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,470 Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 3,600 Santo António da Charneca−31%
Rent: €11.24/m² Aldeia de Paio Pires vs €9.95/m² Santo António da Charnecano percentage
Unemployment: 2.7% Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 3.6% Santo António da Charneca−25%
Annual PM2.5: 7.9 µg/m³ Aldeia de Paio Pires vs 7.9 µg/m³ Santo António da Charnecasame level

Full comparison More about Aldeia de Paio Pires

Pombal as a Santo António da Charneca alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 148 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.56/m² Pombal vs €9.95/m² Santo António da Charneca−44%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,100 (2022) Pombal vs 3,600 (2025) Santo António da Charnecano percentage
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Pombal vs 7.9 µg/m³ Santo António da Charnecasame level

Full comparison More about Pombal

Cities near Santo António da Charneca

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

Setúbal Commuting Zone · 16.4 km away

Rent: 11.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Salary: 1,341 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2022-12-31

Alhos Vedros 3.3 km away

Rent: 9.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Aldeia de Paio Pires 4.7 km away

Rent: 11.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31

Moita 4.9 km away

Rent: 10.04 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31

Barreiro 5.4 km away

Rent: 11.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Arrentela 6.2 km away

Rent: 11.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Seixal 6.9 km away

Rent: 11.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-27
Salary: 1,419 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2022-12-31

Quinta Do Conde 7.7 km away

Rent: 9.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

Other cities in Portugal to compare with Santo António da Charneca, nearest in population first.

All Portugal cities

Mourão1,413 residents Barrancos1,422 residents Crato1,430 residents Sardoal1,362 residents Fontanelas1,477 residents Rio de Loba1,489 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Santo António da Charneca 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.

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; Santo António da Charneca's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Santo António da Charneca part of Lisbon?

Santo António da Charneca belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Lisbon; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 16.6 km away by straight-line distance. Lisbon city profile

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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 Santo António da Charneca?

The published population was 1,409 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT).

How much does it cost to rent in Santo António da Charneca?

Average net cold rent is 9.95 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 697 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Santo António da Charneca?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Santo António da Charneca?

What is the unemployment rate in Santo António da Charneca?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

Is Santo António da Charneca a good place to live?

Santo António da Charneca 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.

Is Santo António da Charneca part of Lisbon?

Which cities are near Santo António da Charneca?

Setúbal, Alhos Vedros, Aldeia de Paio Pires, Moita, Barreiro are near Santo António da Charneca. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Santo António da Charneca, Portugal: population, rent, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2e5c736b4a8a40b1decb03d0b3b23f59]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/santo-antonio-da-charneca/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Santo António da Charneca, Portugal: population, rent, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03

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Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024) e Categoria de crime; Anual - Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça ine.pt · checked 2026-10-05
Valor mediano das rendas de novos contratos de arrendamento de alojamentos familiares nos últimos 12 meses (Metodologia 2026 - €/ m²) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024 - geografia 2025); Trimestral - INE, Estatísticas de Rendas da Habitação ao nível local ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
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