⭐️ Total score | 3.73/5 (Rank #96) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,490 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 38Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 22°C71°F (feels 22°C72°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 57% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 42 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,646 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Portugal |
⏱ Average trip length | 13 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 38 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodafone |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 107 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Confeitaria D'alvor |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | AllWork |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 56,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,750 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Fnac |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | TAP |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | EasyJet |
🏥 Best hospital | Al-Vita Medical |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,490 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,735 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,775 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $793 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $642 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $161 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,600 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $75 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 49 listings) | $3,522 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $115 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.89 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $21,514 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $52,994 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $145,334 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool |
Real | 6016° cool | 6217° cool | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool |
Humidity | damp 77% | damp 81% | nice 70% | damp 77% | nice 69% | nice 73% | nice 75% | nice 73% | nice 75% | nice 75% | damp 76% | damp 80% |
Rain | dry 35mm | rainy 85mm | dry 21mm | dry 47mm | dry 14mm | dry 8mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 23mm | dry 27mm | dry 24mm | rainy 98mm |
Cloud | cloudy 54% | cloudy 54% | pockets 24% | pockets 46% | pockets 29% | pockets 20% | pockets 13% | clear 8% | pockets 22% | pockets 44% | pockets 40% | cloudy 51% |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 500 people | 600 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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