Living in Valença

In Valença, average gross earnings are €1,267 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €5.49 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.8% (2026).

The unemployment rate was 2.8% in June 2026. There were 190 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0713 sources

Population6,601people19 Apr 2021Official source · Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)

Average gross salary1,267EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent5.49EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 11% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate2.8%country median 2.3% — 20% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime4,570incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 67% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Cheaper rent than 64% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 70% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 94% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Valença.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Valença?

Average net cold rent is 5.49 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): 5.49 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesValença highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Valença€5.49

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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 plan¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.49 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹¹Official

Is Valença a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–70%

Student52%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 43–61%

Family46%strong on family, weak on education · range 38–54%

Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–58%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 329 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.49 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 Valença?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Valença is 2.8%. 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

Valença 2.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,267 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 2026¹³Independent

What does a salary buy in Valença?

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

Left over each month€546of €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€5.49/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €329
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	€546

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

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	190 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 Valença 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 Valença?

Police recorded 4,570 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: 4,570 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 citiesValença highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Valença4,570

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,570 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 2022³Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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

14°5°

15°5°

18°7°

20°9°

23°11°

27°14°

30°15°

27°14°

22°12°

16°8°

14°6°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

143

100

105

109

161

157

154

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 13.5 · Feb 15.4 · Mar 18.5 · Apr 20.1 · May 23.2 · Jun 26.7 · Jul 29.9 · Aug 30.2 · Sep 27.2 · Oct 21.8 · Nov 16.3 · Dec 13.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MONÇÃO (Valinha) (nº 605)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 5 · Feb 4.9 · Mar 7.2 · Apr 8.6 · May 11 · Jun 13.6 · Jul 15.4 · Aug 15.4 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 11.5 · Nov 7.8 · Dec 5.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MONÇÃO (Valinha) (nº 605)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 9.2 · Feb 10.1 · Mar 12.9 · Apr 14.3 · May 17.1 · Jun 20.1 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 22.8 · Sep 20.5 · Oct 16.7 · Nov 12.1 · Dec 9.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MONÇÃO (Valinha) (nº 605)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 142.8 · Feb 99.5 · Mar 105.2 · Apr 109.4 · May 93.2 · Jun 42.8 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 27.6 · Sep 67.4 · Oct 160.8 · Nov 157.1 · Dec 154.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação MONÇÃO (Valinha) (nº 605)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Gondomar ±1.8 °C. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±2.5 °C, Barakaldo (Spain) ±1.1 °C, Bilbao (Spain) ±1.1 °C, Downey (United States) ±3.2 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.2 °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 Valença?

The published population was 6,601 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport71.4%
Foreign residents28.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	117.1 km²	2021	Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain.⁷Official
Foreign residents	1,885 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹²Independent
Population density	29.88 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁷Official
Population	6,601 people	19 Apr 2021	Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)¹Official

International community in Valença

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	13,623	100.0%
Portuguesa	11,787	86.5%
Estrangeira	1,836	13.5%
América	774	5.7%
Europa	767	5.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	662	4.9%
Brasil	614	4.5%
França	398	2.9%
África	227	1.7%
Espanha	203	1.5%
Angola	109	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - Europa	105	0.8%
Ásia	68	0.5%
Moçambique	68	0.5%
Canadá	66	0.5%
Ucrânia	35	0.3%
Índia	30	0.2%
Argentina	28	0.2%
Alemanha	26	0.2%
Estados Unidos da América	26	0.2%
Reino Unido	23	0.2%
Outros países - América	22	0.2%
Suíça	20	0.1%
Venezuela	18	0.1%
China	14	0.1%
Cabo Verde	14	0.1%
África do Sul	14	0.1%
Outros	14	0.1%
Roménia	13	0.1%
São Tomé e Príncipe	11	0.1%
Outros países - África	10	0.1%
Paquistão	10	0.1%
Federação da Rússia	10	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	8	0.1%
Bélgica	7	0.1%
Bangladeche	6	0.0%
Luxemburgo	4	0.0%
Áustria	3	0.0%
Moldávia	3	0.0%
Dinamarca	2	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	2	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Letónia	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	13,623	100.0%
Portuguesa	12,673	93.0%
Estrangeira	948	7.0%
América	610	4.5%
Brasil	542	4.0%
Europa	242	1.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	204	1.5%
Espanha	133	1.0%
Ásia	60	0.4%
Outros países - Europa	38	0.3%
África	36	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
França	28	0.2%
Argentina	26	0.2%
Índia	25	0.2%
Ucrânia	18	0.1%
Outros países - América	16	0.1%
China	16	0.1%
Cabo Verde	13	0.1%
Canadá	12	0.1%
Reino Unido	12	0.1%
Itália	12	0.1%
Roménia	11	0.1%
Paquistão	10	0.1%
Alemanha	9	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	9	0.1%
Outros países - África	6	0.0%
Angola	6	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	5	0.0%
Moçambique	5	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	5	0.0%
Venezuela	5	0.0%
Bangladeche	4	0.0%
Áustria	3	0.0%
Suíça	3	0.0%
Outros	3	0.0%
Apátrida	2	0.0%
Bélgica	2	0.0%
Dinamarca	2	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	2	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Luxemburgo	1	0.0%
Letónia	1	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	1	0.0%
África do Sul	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 Valença

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 Valença alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 4,570 Valença−56%
Rent: €4.63/m² Amarante vs €5.49/m² Valença−16%
Unemployment: 2.9% Amarante vs 2.8% Valençasame level

Full comparison More about Amarante

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Quinta do Anjo6,599 residents Ribeira de Pena6,544 residents Ponte6,687 residents Caneças6,688 residents Vila Flor6,697 residents Povoação6,726 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; Valença'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 Valença?

The published population was 6,601 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT).

How much does it cost to rent in Valença?

Average net cold rent is 5.49 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 384 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Valença?

Police recorded 4,570 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 Valença?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Valença?

1,885 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Valença a good place to live?

Valença 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 Valença?

The official country of birth distribution records 11,787 people (86.5%) 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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Sources

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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 MONÇÃO (Valinha) (nº 605) 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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www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
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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