Living in Seia
In Seia, average gross earnings are €1,198 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €4.24 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.8% (2026).
The population of Seia, in Portugal, was 24,702 in 2021. The city covered 435.7 km² in 2021. Population density was 56.7 people per km² in 2021. The unemployment rate was 2.8% in June 2026. In Seia, there were 310 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024.
Cheaper rent than 85% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 70% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 71% of Portuguese cities that publish it.
Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Seia?
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 Seia?
Average net cold rent is 4.24 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): 4.24 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt14
| 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) | 4.24 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 | 26 Aug 2026 | www.ine.pt14Official |
Is Seia 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 254 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.24 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
What is the unemployment rate in Seia?
The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202623
Seia 2.8%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 1,198 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)2Official |
| Unemployment rate | 2.8 %country median 2.3% | 30 Jun 2026 | IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202623Independent |
What does a salary buy in Seia?
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€4.24/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26 | − €254 |
| 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 | €621 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Seia. 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 Seia. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 310 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 Seia 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 Seia?
Police recorded 3,200 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: 3,200 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20224
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,200 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 20224Official |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was VSE, 37.2 km away in June 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Seia. 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 Seia?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 4 µg/m³ (2023) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency1
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.
Seia 4.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 4 µg/m³country median 6.2 | 31 Dec 2023 | European Environment Agency1Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 6.4 · Feb 7.1 · Mar 9.8 · Apr 11.1 · May 14.8 · Jun 19.5 · Jul 23.2 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 19.4 · Oct 13.8 · Nov 8.9 · Dec 7.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PENHAS DOURADAS (nº 568)7Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 0.5 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 3.4 · May 6.7 · Jun 10.7 · Jul 13.5 · Aug 13.7 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 3.3 · Dec 1.5 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PENHAS DOURADAS (nº 568)7Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 3.4 · Feb 3.9 · Mar 6 · Apr 7.3 · May 10.7 · Jun 15.1 · Jul 18.3 · Aug 18.6 · Sep 15.1 · Oct 10.5 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 4.4 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PENHAS DOURADAS (nº 568)7Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 211 · Feb 158.2 · Mar 148.8 · Apr 147.9 · May 105.5 · Jun 41.2 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 23 · Sep 81.1 · Oct 199.7 · Nov 222.6 · Dec 211.5 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação PENHAS DOURADAS (nº 568)7Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 33.3% between 2015 and 2023, from 6.0 to 4.0.
Similar climate. In Portugal: Barcelos ±5.0 °C. Elsewhere: Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±1.2 °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 Seia?
The published population was 24,702 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)3
By nationality
National passport97%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 435.7 km² | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)3Official |
| Foreign residents | 736 people | 2023 | Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.22Independent |
| Population density | 56.7 people/km² | 2021 | Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.11Official |
| Population | 24,702 people | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)3Official |
International community in Seia
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 | 21,755 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 20,530 | 94.4% |
| Estrangeira | 1,225 | 5.6% |
| Europa | 496 | 2.3% |
| África | 448 | 2.1% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 392 | 1.8% |
| Angola | 268 | 1.2% |
| América | 248 | 1.1% |
| França | 213 | 1.0% |
| Brasil | 162 | 0.7% |
| Outros países - Europa | 104 | 0.5% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Outros países - África | 87 | 0.4% |
| Alemanha | 65 | 0.3% |
| Suíça | 64 | 0.3% |
| Moçambique | 58 | 0.3% |
| Ásia | 31 | 0.1% |
| Espanha | 27 | 0.1% |
| Argentina | 26 | 0.1% |
| Luxemburgo | 25 | 0.1% |
| Reino Unido | 23 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela | 23 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 21 | 0.1% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 18 | 0.1% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 16 | 0.1% |
| Bélgica | 15 | 0.1% |
| Itália | 13 | 0.1% |
| África do Sul | 13 | 0.1% |
| Ucrânia | 12 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - América | 11 | 0.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 9 | 0.0% |
| Canadá | 8 | 0.0% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 8 | 0.0% |
| Bulgária | 7 | 0.0% |
| Índia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 5 | 0.0% |
| China | 4 | 0.0% |
| Dinamarca | 4 | 0.0% |
| Outros | 4 | 0.0% |
| Roménia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Oceânia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Austrália | 2 | 0.0% |
| Irlanda | 2 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Federação da Rússia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Suécia | 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 | 21,755 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 21,396 | 98.3% |
| Estrangeira | 359 | 1.7% |
| América | 146 | 0.7% |
| Europa | 140 | 0.6% |
| Brasil | 120 | 0.6% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 107 | 0.5% |
| África | 48 | 0.2% |
| Outros países - Europa | 33 | 0.2% |
| Ásia | 25 | 0.1% |
| Reino Unido | 21 | 0.1% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | 19 | 0.1% |
| Alemanha | 17 | 0.1% |
| França | 17 | 0.1% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 15 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - América | 13 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 13 | 0.1% |
| Bélgica | 13 | 0.1% |
| Espanha | 13 | 0.1% |
| Itália | 12 | 0.1% |
| Ucrânia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 8 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - África | 7 | 0.0% |
| Bulgária | 7 | 0.0% |
| China | 7 | 0.0% |
| Cabo Verde | 7 | 0.0% |
| Luxemburgo | 6 | 0.0% |
| África do Sul | 6 | 0.0% |
| Índia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Dinamarca | 3 | 0.0% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 3 | 0.0% |
| Moçambique | 3 | 0.0% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 3 | 0.0% |
| Canadá | 2 | 0.0% |
| Suíça | 2 | 0.0% |
| Irlanda | 2 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Suécia | 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
Alternatives for people set on Seia
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.
Gouveia as a Seia alternative in the same region
12 km away, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Unemployment: 1.9% Gouveia vs 2.8% Seia−31%
- Rent: €3.65/m² Gouveia vs €4.24/m² Seia−14%
- Residents: 14,046 Gouveia vs 24,702 Seia−43%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,950 Gouveia vs 3,200 Seia−8%
- Nearest airport: 35.0 km Gouveia vs 37.2 km Seia−6%
Amarante as a Seia alternative in the same country
99 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 3,200 Seia−37%
- Residents: 52,264 Amarante vs 24,702 Seia+112%
- Rent: €4.63/m² Amarante vs €4.24/m² Seia+9%
- Nearest airport: 29.9 km Amarante vs 37.2 km Seia−20%
- Unemployment: 2.9% Amarante vs 2.8% Seiasame level
Cities near Seia
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 4.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31
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- 3.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
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- 4.46 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
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- 4.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
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- 4.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
- Rent
- 6.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Alternative cities in Portugal
Other cities in Portugal to compare with Seia, nearest in population first.
How does Seia compare?
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Seia in rankings
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; Seia's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Seia?
The published population was 24,702 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).
How much does it cost to rent in Seia?
Average net cold rent is 4.24 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 297 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.
Is the air quality good in Seia?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 4 µg/m³ (2023) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency.
How safe is Seia?
Police recorded 3,200 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 Seia?
The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in Seia?
736 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..
Is Seia a good place to live?
Seia 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 Seia?
São Romão, Gouveia, Oliveira do Hospital, Nelas, Mangualde are near Seia. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Portuguesa live in Seia?
The official country of birth distribution records 20,530 people (94.4%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Seia, Portugal: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8ce17ce9b38017686abdbf4c4845228d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/seia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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- INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
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- 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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