Living in Sardoal

In Sardoal, average gross earnings are €1,085 a month (2024) and unemployment is 2.7% (2026).

The unemployment rate was 2.71% in June 2026. There were 250 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0712 sources

Population1,362people19 Apr 2021Official source · Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)

Average gross salary1,085EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Unemployment rate2.71%country median 2.3% — 16% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,290incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 16% 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 67% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 76% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Sardoal.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Sardoal. 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 citiesSardoal 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 fibre⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹⁰Official · national market

Is Sardoal a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–60%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student51%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–61%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–71%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Sardoal?

The unemployment rate is about 2.7 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.71 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Sardoal is 2.7%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Sardoal 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,085 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)²Official
Unemployment rate	2.71 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	250 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 Sardoal 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 Sardoal?

Police recorded 2,290 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: 2,290 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022³

Recorded crime across major citiesSardoal 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

Sardoal2,290

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,290 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 2022³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Sardoal. 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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Climate and air quality

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

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15°3°

17°3°

20°5°

22°7°

26°10°

30°13°

33°14°

34°14°

30°12°

25°10°

18°6°

15°4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 15.1 · Feb 17 · Mar 20.3 · Apr 22.2 · May 26 · Jun 30.3 · Jul 33.3 · Aug 33.8 · Sep 30.2 · Oct 24.6 · Nov 18.5 · Dec 15.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação ALVEGA (nº 812)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 2.9 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 7.2 · May 9.9 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.2 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 12.1 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 4.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação ALVEGA (nº 812)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 8.9 · Feb 9.9 · Mar 12.7 · Apr 14.7 · May 17.9 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 23.8 · Aug 24 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 17.3 · Nov 12.4 · Dec 9.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação ALVEGA (nº 812)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 82.5 · Feb 61.8 · Mar 66.3 · Apr 64.2 · May 53.7 · Jun 14.8 · Jul 4.3 · Aug 6.3 · Sep 32 · Oct 98.8 · Nov 100.4 · Dec 85.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação ALVEGA (nº 812)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Vila Franca de Xira ±2.6 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.9 °C, Simi Valley (United States) ±2.9 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.1 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.2 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.4 °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 Sardoal?

The published population was 1,362 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	92.15 km²	2021	Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain.⁷Official
Foreign residents	126 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹¹Independent
Population density	42.75 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁷Official
Population	1,362 people	19 Apr 2021	Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)¹Official

International community in Sardoal

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	3,513	100.0%
Portuguesa	3,322	94.6%
Estrangeira	191	5.4%
Europa	58	1.7%
Ásia	57	1.6%
Outros países - Ásia	54	1.5%
África	49	1.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	39	1.1%
Angola	33	0.9%
América	27	0.8%
Brasil	24	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - Europa	19	0.5%
França	18	0.5%
Suíça	10	0.3%
Espanha	10	0.3%
Moçambique	9	0.3%
Reino Unido	6	0.2%
Alemanha	5	0.1%
Cabo Verde	4	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	4	0.1%
China	3	0.1%
Canadá	2	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	2	0.1%
Roménia	2	0.1%
Ucrânia	2	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	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 source⁵

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	3,513	100.0%
Portuguesa	3,405	96.9%
Estrangeira	108	3.1%
Ásia	57	1.6%
Outros países - Ásia	54	1.5%
Europa	28	0.8%
América	22	0.6%
Brasil	22	0.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	18	0.5%
Outros países - Europa	10	0.3%
Espanha	7	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Itália	4	0.1%
Suíça	3	0.1%
China	3	0.1%
Reino Unido	3	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	3	0.1%
Ucrânia	3	0.1%
Roménia	2	0.1%
África	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Alemanha	1	0.0%
França	1	0.0%
Outros	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Alternatives for people set on Sardoal

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

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Santo António da Charneca1,409 residents Mourão1,413 residents Barrancos1,422 residents Alvor1,303 residents Crato1,430 residents Estói1,267 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; Sardoal'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 Sardoal?

The published population was 1,362 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT).

How safe is Sardoal?

Police recorded 2,290 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 Sardoal?

The unemployment rate is about 2.7 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Sardoal?

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

Is Sardoal a good place to live?

Sardoal 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.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Sardoal?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,322 people (94.6%) 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 = {Sardoal, 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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Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT) Censos 2021 · mapas.ine.pt · checked 2026-10-07
INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
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 ALVEGA (nº 812) 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
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
Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15

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Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15
IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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