Living in São Vicente

São Vicente is a city in Portugal. The foreign population count was 240 in 2023.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to São Vicente?

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 São Vicente.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent or cost figure is published for São Vicente yet. Portugal has country-level context; it is not substituted for this city.

Net rent across major citiesSão Vicente highlighted among comparable cities

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	210 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 São Vicente 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

Recorded crime across major citiesSão Vicente highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,480 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,715	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	30 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	FNC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	27 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Portuguesevaries

Open official information

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–B2varies

Open official information

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in São Vicente.

Climate and air quality

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 São Vicente is 3.0 µg/m³. Of 70 cities with data, 26 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	1 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Santana)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Santana)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 Santana)³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 20 · Feb 19.9 · Mar 20.6 · Apr 21 · May 22 · Jun 23.7 · Jul 25.4 · Aug 26.8 · Sep 26.6 · Oct 25.2 · Nov 22.8 · Dec 21 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FUNCHAL / MADEIRA (Observatório) (nº 522)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 14.3 · Feb 13.9 · Mar 14.3 · Apr 14.9 · May 16.2 · Jun 18.2 · Jul 19.7 · Aug 20.7 · Sep 20.4 · Oct 19.2 · Nov 17 · Dec 15.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FUNCHAL / MADEIRA (Observatório) (nº 522)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 17.1 · Feb 16.8 · Mar 17.4 · Apr 17.9 · May 19.1 · Jun 20.9 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 23.7 · Sep 23.5 · Oct 22.2 · Nov 19.9 · Dec 18.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FUNCHAL / MADEIRA (Observatório) (nº 522)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 67.1 · Feb 72.4 · Mar 62.3 · Apr 45.2 · May 27.2 · Jun 7.8 · Jul 1.7 · Aug 1.3 · Sep 23.1 · Oct 91.2 · Nov 80.3 · Dec 94.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação FUNCHAL / MADEIRA (Observatório) (nº 522)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The city covered 78.8 km² in 2021. Population density was 39.8 people per km² in 2021.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	78.84 km²	2021	Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain.⁸Official
Foreign residents	240 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹²Independent
Population density	39.78 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁸Official

International community in São Vicente

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	4,865	100.0%
Portuguesa	4,325	88.9%
Estrangeira	540	11.1%
América	313	6.4%
Venezuela	281	5.8%
Europa	130	2.7%
Outros países - Europa	87	1.8%
África	81	1.7%
Reino Unido	66	1.4%
África do Sul	58	1.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	43	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Brasil	25	0.5%
França	23	0.5%
Outros	13	0.3%
Ásia	11	0.2%
Moçambique	10	0.2%
Angola	9	0.2%
Alemanha	8	0.2%
Suíça	7	0.1%
Nepal	6	0.1%
Oceânia	5	0.1%
Austrália	5	0.1%
Espanha	5	0.1%
Outros países - África	4	0.1%
Outros países - América	4	0.1%
China	4	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	3	0.1%
Canadá	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	1	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Finlândia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	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	4,865	100.0%
Portuguesa	4,722	97.1%
Estrangeira	143	2.9%
América	75	1.5%
Venezuela	63	1.3%
Europa	54	1.1%
Outros países - Europa	28	0.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	26	0.5%
Reino Unido	17	0.3%
Brasil	10	0.2%
Ásia	9	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Suíça	6	0.1%
Alemanha	6	0.1%
África	5	0.1%
França	5	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.1%
Nepal	5	0.1%
China	4	0.1%
Outros	4	0.1%
Itália	3	0.1%
Outros países - África	2	0.0%
Espanha	2	0.0%
Finlândia	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Moçambique	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	1	0.0%

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

Foreign residents240 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

NO₂ — annual mean1 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Santana)

PM10 — annual mean13 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Santana)

PM2.5 — annual mean3 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Santana)

City area78.84 km²2021Official source · Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,480 incidents per 100k31 Dec 2022Official source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-03

This city record is still being completed

The URL stays available with its sourced facts, but it is not included in search discovery yet. The page needs a broader set of current decision facts and a useful internal comparison before ImmigrationDB presents it as a complete city guide.

Verified metrics: 15
Decision domains: 4
Current facts: 15

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

Is the air quality good in São Vicente?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 3 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is within the WHO guideline. Source: EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Santana).

How safe is São Vicente?

Police recorded 2,480 incidents per 100k. 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 São Vicente?

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

Is São Vicente a good place to live?

ImmigrationDB does not yet have enough current, multi-domain evidence and internal comparison context to answer that reliably. This stable data record remains available while the missing evidence is collected.

How many people born in Europa live in São Vicente?

The official country of birth distribution records 130 people (2.7%) 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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APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). São Vicente, Portugal: safety, air quality [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/sao-vicente/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_sao-vicente-portugal-safety-air-quality_0ae40220d659,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {São Vicente, Portugal: safety, air quality},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/sao-vicente/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

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Sources

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EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Santana) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Santana) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — PT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Santana) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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 FUNCHAL / MADEIRA (Observatório) (nº 522) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
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 raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03

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OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15

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