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Southern EuropePortugal
Capital Lisbon · Median age 46
6 mobility routesPath to citizenshipZero-presence routeTemperate
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Portugal: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living58
Healthcare90
Safety80
Climate resilience41
6 mobility routes
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Portugal in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
59 · MixedCost of living58
Tax burden60
Healthcare
90 · StrongHealthcare90
Safety & crime
74 · StrongSafety80
Low crime67
Climate
41 · MixedClimate resilience41
Language & integration
97 · StrongEnglish proficiency94
Migrant acceptance100
Freedom & rights
84 · StrongRule of law76
Political stability71
Low corruption68
Personal freedom94
Freedom of speech96
Property rights90
LGBTQ+ acceptance76
Reproductive rights100
Economy & work
65 · MixedEconomic freedom88
Competitiveness65
Innovation65
Startup ecosystem4
Job market56
Prosperity88
Ease of doing business88
Quality of life
78 · StrongLiveabilityUnknown—
Happiness78
Life satisfaction78
Work–life balance84
Internet speed59
Education85
Low traffic86
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Migrant acceptance100
- Reproductive rights100
- Freedom of speech96
- English proficiency94
Look closer
- Startup ecosystem4
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Average Bedtime
- 1899-12-30
- Average Time In Bed
- 390 minutes
- Average Time In Bed Hours
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Average Wakeup Time
- 1899-12-30
- Avg Precipitation
- 854 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 15.85°C (60.53°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 91.45 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- March-October
- Borders
- Spain
- Citizenship By Birth
- No
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 3 years
- Climate
- Mediterranean climate with some variation between regions. Warm to hot, dry summers, and mild to cool, wet winters. The Azores and Madeira archipelagos both have subtropical climates.
- Climate Category
- Sunny Serenity
- Coffee Consumption
- 2.23 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- Boston,New Bedford,Newark,New York,Providence,San Francisco
- Country Code
- +351
- Country Intro Blurb
- Known for its pierogi and vodka where every meal is a feast and every toast is a reason to party
- Country Motto
- Esta é a ditosa Pátria minha amada ("This is my blissful beloved homeland")
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Date Format
- DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 5400 km
- Driving Side
- Right-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- Yes
- Economy
- Services, manufacturing, tourism
- Famous Dance
- Polonaise
- Famous Festival
- Wianki
- Famous Music
- Polonaise
- Fertility Rate
- 1.508
- Funny Fact
- Has a crooked forest where trees bend at 90 degrees
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Baltic amber shines / Chopin's music fills the air / Pierogi comfort
- Handgun Legislation
- Restricted
- Humidity
- 71
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMagvRIWhc
- Independence Day
- December 1, 1640
- Interesting Fact
- Known for its pierogi and vodka where every meal is a feast and every toast is a reason to party
- Interesting Tradition
- Celebrates Drowning of Marzanna burning and drowning an effigy to welcome spring
- Language
- Portuguese
- Life Expectancy
- 82,4
- Mandatory Military Service
- De jure
- Mcdonalds In Country
- 546
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Legal
- Mensa Members
- 2000
- Migration Rate
- 2.79 per_1000_population
- Most Popular Pet
- Dogs
- National Animal
- White-tailed eagle
- National Anthem
- A Portuguesa
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/pt.mp3
- National Dish
- Bigos
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Football (Soccer)
- Nobel Prizes
- 19
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 7980
- Number Of Migrants
- 29.102 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.23800000000000002
- Passport Validity
- 10 years
- Percentage Of Vegetarian
- 0.084
- Population
- 10196709
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Amber jewelry
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "Śmigus-Dyngus" where people splash water on each other on Easter Monday
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 290
- Representative Novel
- Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz (Epic poem considered the national epic of Poland)
- Reproduction Rate
- 0.728
- Residency For Naturalization
- 3
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- No Recognition
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 19
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal to call someone "Nazi"
- Tallest Building
- Palace of Culture and Science (187.68 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 0.47 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT+0
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.11
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.23199999999999998
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 17
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 5467
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 6236
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 7258
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 7303
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 6137
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 6957
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 7980
- Visitors Per Year
- 24.6 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Spilling salt brings bad luck
- Wine Consumption
- 5.04 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Portugal come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
118| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Global Life-Work Balance Index | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| IMD | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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