Living in Vila Real de Santo António

The unemployment rate was 2.11% in June 2026. Vila Real de Santo António is in Portugal; its population was 17,956 in 2021. For Vila Real de Santo António, the foreign population count was 3,753 in 2023. There were 260 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Pricier rent than 80% of Portuguese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 61% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 86% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Vila Real de Santo António?

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 Vila Real de Santo António.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vila Real de Santo António?

Average net cold rent is 9.68 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): 9.68 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹⁰

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Vila Real de Santo António yet.

Net rent across major citiesVila Real de Santo António highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.68 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹⁰Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 581 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.68 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 Vila Real de Santo António?

The unemployment rate is about 2.1 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.11 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Vila Real de Santo António is 2.1%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	2.11 %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 Vila Real de Santo António. 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

Open the Portugal service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Vila Real de Santo António. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	260 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.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vila Real de Santo António 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 Vila Real de Santo António?

Police recorded 3,750 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: 3,750 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022²

Recorded crime across major citiesVila Real de Santo António highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,750 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 2022²Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was FAO, 53.2 km away, with 63 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	63 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁷Official
Nearest airport	FAO	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	53.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Vila Real de Santo António. 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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Vila Real de Santo António.

Climate and air quality

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 15.7 · Feb 16.8 · Mar 19.2 · Apr 21.2 · May 24.1 · Jun 27.6 · Jul 30.5 · Aug 30.4 · Sep 27.2 · Oct 23.4 · Nov 19.1 · Dec 16.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTONIO (nº 866)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 7 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 10 · Apr 11.7 · May 14.3 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19.7 · Sep 17.8 · Oct 15 · Nov 11 · Dec 8.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTONIO (nº 866)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 11.3 · Feb 12.3 · Mar 14.6 · Apr 16.5 · May 19.2 · Jun 22.4 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 22.5 · Oct 19.2 · Nov 15 · Dec 12.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTONIO (nº 866)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 46.2 · Feb 42.6 · Mar 44.3 · Apr 40.3 · May 25.1 · Jun 3.9 · Jul 0.5 · Aug 2.2 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 45.6 · Nov 69.1 · Dec 78.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTONIO (nº 866)⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Portugal cities

Ansião18,309 residents Lousã17,604 residents Alcochete17,569 residents Montemor-o-Novo17,437 residents Peso da Régua17,131 residents Condeixa-a-Nova17,080 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 61.3 km² in 2021. Population density was 293.2 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Vila Real de Santo António?

The published population was 17,956 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	61.25 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)¹Official
Foreign residents	3,753 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹¹Independent
Population density	293.2 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁹Official
Population	17,956 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)¹Official

International community in Vila Real de Santo António

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	18,824	100.0%
Portuguesa	16,469	87.5%
Estrangeira	2,355	12.5%
Europa	1,341	7.1%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	891	4.7%
Outros países - Europa	450	2.4%
América	418	2.2%
África	366	1.9%
Brasil	334	1.8%
Itália	230	1.2%
Ásia	229	1.2%

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Published group	People	Share
França	202	1.1%
Reino Unido	200	1.1%
Angola	167	0.9%
Ucrânia	135	0.7%
Roménia	110	0.6%
Espanha	95	0.5%
Alemanha	91	0.5%
Nepal	87	0.5%
Moçambique	81	0.4%
Bulgária	47	0.2%
Outros países - África	46	0.2%
China	42	0.2%
Moldávia	42	0.2%
Suíça	40	0.2%
Cabo Verde	40	0.2%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	38	0.2%
Índia	34	0.2%
Bangladeche	32	0.2%
Outros países - América	29	0.2%
Venezuela	29	0.2%
Federação da Rússia	26	0.1%
Bélgica	25	0.1%
Suécia	23	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	22	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	18	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	15	0.1%
Irlanda	13	0.1%
Paquistão	12	0.1%
África do Sul	11	0.1%
Outros	7	0.0%
Polónia	6	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	6	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
Canadá	4	0.0%
Luxemburgo	3	0.0%
Áustria	2	0.0%
Dinamarca	2	0.0%
Grécia	2	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Finlândia	1	0.0%
Eslováquia	1	0.0%

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

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	18,824	100.0%
Portuguesa	17,110	90.9%
Estrangeira	1,714	9.1%
Europa	1,091	5.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	771	4.1%
Outros países - Europa	320	1.7%
América	311	1.7%
Itália	298	1.6%
Brasil	262	1.4%
Ásia	240	1.3%
Reino Unido	181	1.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Nepal	99	0.5%
França	94	0.5%
Roménia	92	0.5%
Ucrânia	89	0.5%
Espanha	69	0.4%
África	68	0.4%
Alemanha	56	0.3%
China	54	0.3%
Bulgária	47	0.2%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	40	0.2%
Bangladeche	32	0.2%
Índia	27	0.1%
Suécia	25	0.1%
Suíça	22	0.1%
Bélgica	21	0.1%
Outros países - América	20	0.1%
Angola	19	0.1%
Cabo Verde	18	0.1%
Irlanda	16	0.1%
Paquistão	16	0.1%
Moldávia	15	0.1%
Outros países - África	14	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	14	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	12	0.1%
Venezuela	12	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	10	0.1%
Federação da Rússia	9	0.0%
Oceânia	4	0.0%
Polónia	4	0.0%
Outros	4	0.0%
Outros países - Oceânia	3	0.0%
Moçambique	3	0.0%
Argentina	2	0.0%
Dinamarca	2	0.0%
Finlândia	2	0.0%
Grécia	2	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Áustria	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
Canadá	1	0.0%
Luxemburgo	1	0.0%
Eslováquia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Is Vila Real de Santo António 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.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–66%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–74%

Student47%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 38–56%

Family44%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–52%

Retirement46%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 36–56%

Foreign residents3,753 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population17,956 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)9.68 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate2.11 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

City area61.25 km²2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,750 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 2026-08-26

Common questions

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

How many people live in Vila Real de Santo António?

The published population was 17,956 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Vila Real de Santo António?

Average net cold rent is 9.68 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 678 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Vila Real de Santo António?

Police recorded 3,750 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 Vila Real de Santo António?

The unemployment rate is about 2.1 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Vila Real de Santo António?

3,753 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Vila Real de Santo António a good place to live?

Vila Real de Santo António 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 Europa live in Vila Real de Santo António?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,341 people (7.1%) 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, September 12). Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal: rent [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/vila-real-de-santo-antonio/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_vila-real-de-santo-antonio-portugal-rent_df994f9ac906,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal: rent},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/vila-real-de-santo-antonio/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
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 VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTONIO (nº 866) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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 — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26

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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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