Global CityIntelligence

Portugal / Southern Europe

Leiria City Intelligence

Leiria is a district capital in Portugal's Central Region, with a university and industrial profile centred on mould-making and manufacturing and road links between Lisbon and Coimbra. Leiria is a southern europe city of about ~128K in Portugal. On the composite city-intelligence score, Leiria sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (66/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~128K
View of Leiria, Portugal

Image credit: Image: Sérgio Horta / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Overall score

Use the Leiria profile to compare cost framing, industrial base, and transport access alongside Coimbra, Aveiro, and other regional peers.

Overall66/100
Affordability64/100
Air quality68/100
Energy64/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

66/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Leiria data table

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Leiria city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score66/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living64/100Leiria's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality68/100Leiria's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy64/100Leiria's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety67/100Leiria's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed65/100Leiria's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk68/100Leiria's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience68/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety79/100
Low crime81/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety76/100

Leiria is estimated to be a generally safe city (79/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life84/100
Healthcare86/100
Education84/100
Green space88/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure85/100
Mobility66/100

Leiria has a very high quality-of-life estimate (84/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness82/100
Education84/100
Green space88/100
Overall safety79/100

Leiria scores very high for family living (82/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability75/100
Walkability80/100
Cycling55/100
Infrastructure85/100

Leiria is high for remote workers (75/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability82/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle65/100

Leiria is very high for retirement (82/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Leiria

Local public safety guidance for Leiria, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Portugal emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Leiria, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Portugal emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Leiria

Healthcare context for Leiria, with national-level information from Portugal where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Leiria, see the Portugal healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Leiria

Local mobility context for Leiria, with national-level context from Portugal where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Leiria, see the Portugal transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Leiria. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Leiria

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Leiria will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Leiria air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Leiria modules

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Cost of Living in Leiria

Leiria's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Leiria

Leiria's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Leiria

Leiria's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Leiria

Leiria's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Leiria

Leiria's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Leiria

Leiria's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Leiria

Cost of living estimates for Leiria — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Leiria

Climate profile for Leiria — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16.9°C, comfort score 95/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Leiria

Source-attributed visual context for Leiria using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Leiria

Weekend trip planning checklist for Leiria — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Leiria

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Leiria

Estimate a monthly budget for Leiria using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Leiria

Plan a trip budget for Leiria using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Leiria

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Leiria. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Coimbra, Portugal

Same region · about 61 km from Leiria. Explore Coimbra's city intelligence profile.

Aveiro, Portugal

Same region · about 100 km from Leiria. Explore Aveiro's city intelligence profile.

Loures, Portugal

Same region · about 106 km from Leiria. Explore Loures's city intelligence profile.

Amadora, Portugal

Same region · about 116 km from Leiria. Explore Amadora's city intelligence profile.

Sintra, Portugal

Same region · about 117 km from Leiria. Explore Sintra's city intelligence profile.

Almada, Portugal

Same region · about 122 km from Leiria. Explore Almada's city intelligence profile.

Lisbon, Portugal

Same region · about 122 km from Leiria. Explore Lisbon's city intelligence profile.

Viseu, Portugal

Mountain cluster · about 127 km from Leiria. Explore Viseu's city intelligence profile.

Cascais, Portugal

Same region · about 128 km from Leiria. Explore Cascais's city intelligence profile.

Setúbal, Portugal

Same region · about 136 km from Leiria. Explore Setúbal's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Leiria — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Leiria — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Leiria profile to compare cost framing, industrial base, and transport access alongside Coimbra, Aveiro, and other regional peers. Its standout dimensions are air quality (68/100) and climate risk (68/100). The area most worth watching is energy (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Portugal country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Leiria appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.