Overall score
Use the Loures profile to compare affordability, transport access, and industrial profile alongside regional peers such as Lisbon, Amadora, and Almada.
Overall63/100
Affordability60/100
Air quality64/100
Energy63/100
Portugal / Southern Europe
Loures City Intelligence
Loures is a municipality north of the capital in the Lisbon metropolitan area with logistics and industrial activity, road and rail connections, and a mix of urban and peri-urban housing. Loures is a southern europe city of about ~202K in Portugal. On the composite city-intelligence score, Loures sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (63/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~202K
Image credit: Image: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall city intelligence
Mixed63/100
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.
Loures data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 63/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 60/100 | Loures's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 64/100 | Loures'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 | 63/100 | Loures's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 65/100 | Loures's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 63/100 | Loures's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 66/100 | Loures's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 66/100 | Climate 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 safety80/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety76/100
Loures 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
Healthcare85/100
Education84/100
Green space94/100
Cleanliness83/100
Infrastructure86/100
Mobility68/100
Loures 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 space94/100
Overall safety79/100
Loures 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 suitability74/100
Walkability82/100
Cycling54/100
Infrastructure86/100
Loures is high for remote workers (74/100), 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 suitability81/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness83/100
Outdoor lifestyle68/100
Loures is very high for retirement (81/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Loures
Local public safety guidance for Loures, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Loures, 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.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
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 Loures
Healthcare context for Loures, with national-level information from Portugal where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Loures, 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 Loures
Local mobility context for Loures, with national-level context from Portugal where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Loures, 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 Loures. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Loures
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 Loures 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.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal 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).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Loures air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Loures modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Loures
Loures's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Loures
Loures'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 Loures
Loures's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Loures
Loures's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Loures
Loures's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Loures
Loures'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 Loures
Cost of living estimates for Loures — 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 Loures
Climate profile for Loures — Mediterranean climate, annual average 17.4°C, comfort score 95/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Loures
Economy and jobs profile for Loures — tourism economy, economy score 64/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Universities and education in Loures
Education profile for Loures — regional education center, education score 61/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Visual guide to Loures
Source-attributed visual context for Loures 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 Loures
Weekend trip planning checklist for Loures — 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 Loures
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 Loures
Estimate a monthly budget for Loures 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 Loures
Plan a trip budget for Loures 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 Loures
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Loures. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Amadora, Portugal
Same region · about 11 km from Loures. Explore Amadora's city intelligence profile.
Lisbon, Portugal
Same region · about 16 km from Loures. Explore Lisbon's city intelligence profile.
Almada, Portugal
Same region · about 17 km from Loures. Explore Almada's city intelligence profile.
Sintra, Portugal
Same region · about 20 km from Loures. Explore Sintra's city intelligence profile.
Cascais, Portugal
Same region · about 27 km from Loures. Explore Cascais's city intelligence profile.
Setúbal, Portugal
Same region · about 42 km from Loures. Explore Setúbal's city intelligence profile.
Leiria, Portugal
Same region · about 106 km from Loures. Explore Leiria's city intelligence profile.
Évora, Portugal
Mountain cluster · about 113 km from Loures. Explore Évora's city intelligence profile.
Coimbra, Portugal
Same region · about 166 km from Loures. Explore Coimbra's city intelligence profile.
Badajoz, Spain
Cross-border · about 190 km from Loures. Explore Badajoz's city intelligence profile.
Related collections
Regional discovery collections that include Loures — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
Portugal Protected Landscapes
Protected landscape · 30 places across 14 cities.
Weekend Escapes near Lisbon
Weekend escapes · 30 places across 9 cities.
Themed collections
Theme-first discovery collections that include Loures — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
Portugal Cycling Friendly Areas
Cycling Friendly Areas · 27 places across 15 cities.
Portugal Family Outdoor Escapes
Family Outdoor Escapes · 22 places across 12 cities.
Portugal Hiking Areas
Hiking Areas · 19 places across 20 cities.
Portugal Mountain Escapes
Mountain Escapes · 11 places across 16 cities.
Portugal Nature Photography Spots
Nature Photography Spots · 25 places across 14 cities.
Interpretation
Use the Loures profile to compare affordability, transport access, and industrial profile alongside regional peers such as Lisbon, Amadora, and Almada. Its standout dimensions are climate risk (66/100) and safety (65/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (60/100), 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 Loures 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.