Living in São Brás de Alportel
In São Brás de Alportel, average gross earnings are €1,238 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €6.92 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 1.6% (2026).
In 2023, the foreign population was 1,865. Its population was 10,662 in 2021. There were 460 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.
Lower unemployment than 87% of Portuguese cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 80% of Portuguese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 92% of Portuguese cities that publish it.
Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to São Brás de Alportel?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in São Brás de Alportel?
Average net cold rent is 6.92 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): 6.92 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt17
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 29.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MEO fixed fibre11Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 15 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Vodafone Portugal mobile plan16Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6.92 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 | 26 Aug 2026 | www.ine.pt17Official |
Is São Brás de Alportel 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 415 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.92 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.
Work and income
The unemployment rate was 1.55% in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in São Brás de Alportel?
The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 1.55 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202628
São Brás de Alportel 1.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 1,238 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)5Official |
| Unemployment rate | 1.55 %country median 2.3% | 30 Jun 2026 | IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202628Independent |
What does a salary buy in São Brás de Alportel?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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€6.92/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26 | − €415 |
| 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 | €460 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to São Brás de Alportel. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in São Brás de Alportel. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 460 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.12Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in São Brás de Alportel 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is São Brás de Alportel?
Police recorded 3,570 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: 3,570 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20227
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,570 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 20227Official |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was FAO, 16.8 km away, with 63 listed destinations in June 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for São Brás de Alportel. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
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.
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.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in São Brás de Alportel?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Joaquim Magalhães)3
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
São Brás de Alportel 3.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 10 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Joaquim Magalhães)1Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 17 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Joaquim Magalhães)2Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 3 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Joaquim Magalhães)3Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 16.3 · Feb 17 · Mar 18.9 · Apr 20.7 · May 23.5 · Jun 26.8 · Jul 29.4 · Aug 29.2 · Sep 26.4 · Oct 23.3 · Nov 19.6 · Dec 17.1 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FARO (Aeroporto) (nº 554)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 8.3 · Feb 8.8 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 12.4 · May 15 · Jun 17.8 · Jul 19.6 · Aug 19.9 · Sep 18.3 · Oct 15.8 · Nov 11.9 · Dec 9.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FARO (Aeroporto) (nº 554)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 12.3 · Feb 12.9 · Mar 14.9 · Apr 16.6 · May 19.3 · Jun 22.3 · Jul 24.5 · Aug 24.6 · Sep 22.4 · Oct 19.6 · Nov 15.7 · Dec 13.4 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FARO (Aeroporto) (nº 554)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 49.3 · Feb 41.9 · Mar 46.8 · Apr 39 · May 26.2 · Jun 5.1 · Jul 0.9 · Aug 3 · Sep 21.5 · Oct 56 · Nov 75.5 · Dec 90 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FARO (Aeroporto) (nº 554)10Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Portugal: Almada ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±1.3 °C, Cagliari (Italy) ±1.7 °C, Castellón de la Plana (Spain) ±1.1 °C, Dos Hermanas (Spain) ±2.1 °C, Roquetas de Mar (Spain) ±0.9 °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
The city covered 153.4 km² in 2021. Population density was 69.5 people per km² in 2021.
How many people live in São Brás de Alportel?
The published population was 10,662 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6
By nationality
National passport82.5%Foreign residents17.5%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 153.4 km² | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,865 people | 2023 | Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.27Independent |
| Population density | 69.52 people/km² | 2021 | Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.15Official |
| Population | 10,662 people | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6Official |
International community in São Brás de Alportel
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 | 11,248 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 9,187 | 81.7% |
| Estrangeira | 2,061 | 18.3% |
| Europa | 1,323 | 11.8% |
| Outros países - Europa | 702 | 6.2% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 621 | 5.5% |
| Reino Unido | 417 | 3.7% |
| América | 362 | 3.2% |
| África | 305 | 2.7% |
| Brasil | 254 | 2.3% |
| França | 251 | 2.2% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ucrânia | 192 | 1.7% |
| Angola | 156 | 1.4% |
| Alemanha | 143 | 1.3% |
| Ásia | 56 | 0.5% |
| Moçambique | 54 | 0.5% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 54 | 0.5% |
| Moldávia | 41 | 0.4% |
| Outros países - África | 37 | 0.3% |
| Bélgica | 37 | 0.3% |
| Roménia | 32 | 0.3% |
| Espanha | 30 | 0.3% |
| Canadá | 29 | 0.3% |
| Outros países - América | 27 | 0.2% |
| África do Sul | 27 | 0.2% |
| Federação da Rússia | 25 | 0.2% |
| Venezuela | 21 | 0.2% |
| Suíça | 20 | 0.2% |
| Irlanda | 20 | 0.2% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 19 | 0.2% |
| China | 18 | 0.2% |
| Itália | 18 | 0.2% |
| Oceânia | 15 | 0.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 15 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 13 | 0.1% |
| Austrália | 13 | 0.1% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 13 | 0.1% |
| Argentina | 12 | 0.1% |
| Índia | 12 | 0.1% |
| Suécia | 12 | 0.1% |
| Nepal | 9 | 0.1% |
| Bulgária | 7 | 0.1% |
| Outros | 7 | 0.1% |
| Finlândia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Paquistão | 4 | 0.0% |
| Hungria | 3 | 0.0% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 3 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Oceânia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Lituânia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chéquia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dinamarca | 1 | 0.0% |
| Luxemburgo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 1 | 0.0% |
| Polónia | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9
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 | 11,248 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 9,905 | 88.1% |
| Estrangeira | 1,343 | 11.9% |
| Europa | 1,006 | 8.9% |
| Outros países - Europa | 592 | 5.3% |
| Reino Unido | 427 | 3.8% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 414 | 3.7% |
| América | 250 | 2.2% |
| Brasil | 197 | 1.8% |
| Ucrânia | 113 | 1.0% |
| França | 104 | 0.9% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alemanha | 82 | 0.7% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 60 | 0.5% |
| África | 46 | 0.4% |
| Bélgica | 42 | 0.4% |
| Ásia | 38 | 0.3% |
| Moldávia | 28 | 0.2% |
| Espanha | 26 | 0.2% |
| Irlanda | 25 | 0.2% |
| Roménia | 21 | 0.2% |
| Outros países - América | 20 | 0.2% |
| Itália | 18 | 0.2% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 17 | 0.2% |
| China | 15 | 0.1% |
| Angola | 14 | 0.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 13 | 0.1% |
| Suécia | 13 | 0.1% |
| Bulgária | 12 | 0.1% |
| Canadá | 11 | 0.1% |
| Federação da Rússia | 11 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - África | 10 | 0.1% |
| Suíça | 10 | 0.1% |
| Índia | 10 | 0.1% |
| Nepal | 8 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela | 5 | 0.0% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 4 | 0.0% |
| África do Sul | 4 | 0.0% |
| Oceânia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Austrália | 3 | 0.0% |
| Finlândia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Paquistão | 3 | 0.0% |
| Outros | 3 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Lituânia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chéquia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dinamarca | 1 | 0.0% |
| Hungria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Luxemburgo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Polónia | 1 | 0.0% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8
Alternatives for people set on São Brás de Alportel
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 São Brás de Alportel alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 458 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Residents: 52,264 Amarante vs 10,662 São Brás de Alportel+390%
- Unemployment: 2.9% Amarante vs 1.6% São Brás de Alportel+84%
- Rent: €4.63/m² Amarante vs €6.92/m² São Brás de Alportel−33%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 3,570 São Brás de Alportel−44%
- Nearest airport: 29.9 km Amarante vs 16.8 km São Brás de Alportel+78%
Cities near São Brás de Alportel
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
Alternative cities in Portugal
Other cities in Portugal to compare with São Brás de Alportel, nearest in population first.
How does São Brás de Alportel compare?
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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; São Brás de Alportel's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is São Brás de Alportel part of Faro?
São Brás de Alportel is in the published commuting zone of Faro; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Faro city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in São Brás de Alportel?
The published population was 10,662 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).
How much does it cost to rent in São Brás de Alportel?
Average net cold rent is 6.92 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 484 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.
Is the air quality good in São Brás de Alportel?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Joaquim Magalhães).
How safe is São Brás de Alportel?
Police recorded 3,570 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 São Brás de Alportel?
The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in São Brás de Alportel?
1,865 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..
Is São Brás de Alportel a good place to live?
São Brás de Alportel 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 São Brás de Alportel part of Faro?
São Brás de Alportel is in the published commuting zone of Faro; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near São Brás de Alportel?
Faro, Moncarapacho, Quelfes, Laranjeiro, Loulé are near São Brás de Alportel. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Portuguesa live in São Brás de Alportel?
The official country of birth distribution records 9,187 people (81.7%) 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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