Living in Viseu
In Viseu, average gross earnings are €1,354 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €6.72 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.5% (2026).
Monthly mean temperatures were 7.3°C in January and 21.3°C in July. The population of Viseu, in Portugal, was 99,274 in 2021. The city covered 507.1 km² in 2021. In Viseu, population density was 195.8 people per km² in 2021. There were 910 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 2.45% in June 2026.
Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Viseu?
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 Viseu?
Average net cold rent is 6.72 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): 6.72 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt14
Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitness club membership, monthly | 38.22 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240)26Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 28.84 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240)26Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Private kindergarten, monthly | 249.9 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240)26Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 17.94 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240)26Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Monthly transport pass | 35.7 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240)26Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Basic utilities, 85 m² home | 106.5 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240)26Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6.72 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 | 26 Aug 2026 | www.ine.pt14Official |
Is Viseu 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 403 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.72 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 Viseu?
The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 2.45 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202625
Viseu 2.5%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 1,354 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)5Official |
| Unemployment rate | 2.45 %country median 2.3% | 30 Jun 2026 | IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202625Independent |
What does a salary buy in Viseu?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentUtilitiesTransportInternetMobileLeft 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€6.72/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26 | − €403 |
| Public transport pass€36 · market price · Numbeo · 2025-12-31 | − €36 |
| Utilities, 85 m²€106 · market price · Numbeo · 2025-12-31 | − €106 |
| Internet€29 · market price · Numbeo · 2025-12-31 | − €29 |
| Mobile plan€18 · market price · Numbeo · 2025-12-31 | − €18 |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €328 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Viseu. 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 Viseu. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 910 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.11Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Viseu 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 Viseu?
Police recorded 2,650 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: 2,650 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20227
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 2,650 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 20227Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Viseu. 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
Monthly precipitation was 176.4 mm in January and 16.4 mm in July.
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.
Viseu 8.0
annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 1 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Fornelo do Monte)1Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Fornelo do Monte)2Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 10.6 · Feb 12.2 · Mar 15.2 · Apr 16.7 · May 20.1 · Jun 24.3 · Jul 28 · Aug 28.3 · Sep 24.6 · Oct 19 · Nov 13.4 · Dec 11.2 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | IPMA climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, Viseu, 1991-202010Official |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 3.9 · Feb 4.3 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 7.3 · May 9.8 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 15.1 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 4.8 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | IPMA climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, Viseu, 1991-202010Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 7.3 · Feb 8.3 · Mar 10.7 · Apr 12 · May 15 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 21.7 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 15 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 8 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | IPMA climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, Viseu, 1991-202010Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 176.4 · Feb 112.7 · Mar 110.2 · Apr 121.7 · May 93.5 · Jun 35.1 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 63.3 · Oct 163.5 · Nov 158.5 · Dec 181.7 mm | 31 Dec 2020 | IPMA climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, Viseu, 1991-202010Official |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Viseu?
The published population was 99,274 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6
By nationality
National passport94%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 507.1 km² | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 5.9 % | 31 Dec 2023 | Eurostat3Official |
| Foreign residents | 5,932 people | 2023 | Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.24Independent |
| Population density | 195.8 people/km² | 2021 | Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.13Official |
| Population | 99,274 people | 2021 | INE — Portal municipal (quadro)6Official |
Population rose 4.6% between 2010 and 2025, from 98,914 to 103,502.
Foreign residents rose 195.4% between 2011 and 2023, from 2,008 to 5,932.
International community in Viseu
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 | 99,551 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 89,796 | 90.2% |
| Estrangeira | 9,755 | 9.8% |
| Europa | 3,617 | 3.6% |
| América | 3,188 | 3.2% |
| Brasil | 2,822 | 2.8% |
| África | 2,755 | 2.8% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 2,363 | 2.4% |
| Angola | 1,567 | 1.6% |
| França | 1,271 | 1.3% |
| Outros países - Europa | 1,254 | 1.3% |
Show 47 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Suíça | 741 | 0.7% |
| Moçambique | 737 | 0.7% |
| Alemanha | 721 | 0.7% |
| Ucrânia | 277 | 0.3% |
| Ásia | 184 | 0.2% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 133 | 0.1% |
| Reino Unido | 132 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - África | 121 | 0.1% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 120 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela | 120 | 0.1% |
| Espanha | 96 | 0.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 86 | 0.1% |
| África do Sul | 77 | 0.1% |
| Luxemburgo | 74 | 0.1% |
| Canadá | 71 | 0.1% |
| China | 71 | 0.1% |
| Itália | 54 | 0.1% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 52 | 0.1% |
| Outros | 46 | 0.0% |
| Índia | 44 | 0.0% |
| Bélgica | 43 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - América | 41 | 0.0% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 34 | 0.0% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 32 | 0.0% |
| Federação da Rússia | 31 | 0.0% |
| Bulgária | 30 | 0.0% |
| Moldávia | 27 | 0.0% |
| Roménia | 15 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 14 | 0.0% |
| Oceânia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Austrália | 10 | 0.0% |
| Polónia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Paquistão | 7 | 0.0% |
| Bangladeche | 5 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 5 | 0.0% |
| Áustria | 3 | 0.0% |
| Irlanda | 3 | 0.0% |
| Chéquia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Grécia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Croácia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dinamarca | 1 | 0.0% |
| Estónia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Finlândia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Hungria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Lituânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Suécia | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9
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 | 99,551 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 96,485 | 96.9% |
| Estrangeira | 3,065 | 3.1% |
| América | 1,908 | 1.9% |
| Brasil | 1,828 | 1.8% |
| Europa | 619 | 0.6% |
| África | 378 | 0.4% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 329 | 0.3% |
| Outros países - Europa | 290 | 0.3% |
| Angola | 189 | 0.2% |
| Ásia | 159 | 0.2% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ucrânia | 159 | 0.2% |
| China | 88 | 0.1% |
| Itália | 81 | 0.1% |
| Espanha | 56 | 0.1% |
| Suíça | 54 | 0.1% |
| França | 54 | 0.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 52 | 0.1% |
| Reino Unido | 51 | 0.1% |
| Moçambique | 48 | 0.0% |
| Alemanha | 46 | 0.0% |
| São Tomé e Príncipe | 42 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - África | 33 | 0.0% |
| Índia | 33 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 30 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Ásia | 23 | 0.0% |
| Estados Unidos da América | 21 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - América | 20 | 0.0% |
| Bulgária | 20 | 0.0% |
| Países Baixos (Reino dos) | 20 | 0.0% |
| Bélgica | 16 | 0.0% |
| Polónia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Federação da Rússia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Roménia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Outros | 10 | 0.0% |
| Guiné-Bissau | 7 | 0.0% |
| Paquistão | 7 | 0.0% |
| África do Sul | 7 | 0.0% |
| Canadá | 5 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 5 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 4 | 0.0% |
| Luxemburgo | 4 | 0.0% |
| Bangladeche | 3 | 0.0% |
| Croácia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Moldávia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Outros países - Oceânia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Apátrida | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chipre | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chéquia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Grécia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Hungria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Lituânia | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8
Alternatives for people set on Viseu
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.
Penalva do Castelo as a Viseu alternative in the same region
19 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Rent: €3.75/m² Penalva do Castelo vs €6.72/m² Viseu−44%
- Nearest airport: 18.5 km Penalva do Castelo vs 7.8 km Viseu+137%
- Unemployment: 1.7% Penalva do Castelo vs 2.5% Viseu−33%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,800 Penalva do Castelo vs 2,650 Viseu−32%
- Residents: 7,956 Penalva do Castelo vs 99,274 Viseu−92%
Penafiel as a Viseu alternative in the same country
68 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Nearest airport: 33.7 km Penafiel vs 7.8 km Viseu+332%
- Rent: €5.62/m² Penafiel vs €6.72/m² Viseu−16%
- Unemployment: 2.1% Penafiel vs 2.5% Viseu−15%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,330 Penafiel vs 2,650 Viseu−12%
- Residents: 72,265 Penafiel vs 99,274 Viseu−27%
Cities near Viseu
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Alternative cities in Portugal
Other cities in Portugal to compare with Viseu, nearest in population first.
How does Viseu compare?
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Viseu 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; Viseu'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 Viseu?
The published population was 99,274 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).
How much does it cost to rent in Viseu?
Average net cold rent is 6.72 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 470 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.
How safe is Viseu?
Police recorded 2,650 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 Viseu?
The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in Viseu?
5,932 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..
How much is public transport in Viseu?
A monthly transport pass is 35.7 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Numbeo — Cost of Living in Viseu (Wayback capture 20250115070240).
Is Viseu a good place to live?
Viseu 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 Viseu?
Abraveses, Rio de Loba, Sátão, Mangualde, São Pedro do Sul are near Viseu. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Portuguesa live in Viseu?
The official country of birth distribution records 89,796 people (90.2%) 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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