Portugal / Southern Europe
Santa Maria da Feira is an indexed city in Portugal (Southern Europe), with a metropolitan population of about ~137K. This profile brings together deterministic city-intelligence indicators for Santa Maria da Feira spanning cost of living, climate, safety and quality of life, economy and jobs, education, and healthcare. Santa Maria da Feira is a southern europe city of about ~137K in Portugal. On the composite city-intelligence score, Santa Maria da Feira sits around the indexed median (76/100).
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Composite profile
76/100
Use the Santa Maria da Feira profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Portugal and across Southern Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
76/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
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Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 76/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 59/100 | Santa Maria da Feira's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 81/100 | Santa Maria da Feira'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 | 74/100 | Santa Maria da Feira's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 76/100 | Santa Maria da Feira's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 75/100 | Santa Maria da Feira's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 75/100 | Santa Maria da Feira's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 75/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Santa Maria da Feira ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (81/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Santa Maria da Feira has a very high quality-of-life estimate (86/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Santa Maria da Feira scores very high for family living (84/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Santa Maria da Feira is high for remote workers (77/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Santa Maria da Feira is very high for retirement (83/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Local public safety guidance for Santa Maria da Feira, 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 Santa Maria da Feira, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Portugal emergency profile.
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
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 context for Santa Maria da Feira, 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 Santa Maria da Feira, see the Portugal healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Local mobility context for Santa Maria da Feira, 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 Santa Maria da Feira, 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.
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Santa Maria da Feira. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Source-attributed values for Santa Maria da Feira 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. | ||
Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
Verified data unavailableThe 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).
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.
Quick, evidence-based answers about Santa Maria da Feira drawn from this profile's indexed cost, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data. Figures are deterministic estimates for orientation — verify specifics with official sources.
Yes — excellent quality of life (86/100), with nearby nature such as Vouga River, Barrinha de Esmoriz.
Excellent (84/100) on safety, schools and green space.
Around average cost; about €1,240/month for one person (estimate).
Late spring to early autumn; warmest in Jul, coldest in Jan.
Mainly tourism, hospitality, manufacturing.
A mediterranean climate, averaging about 16.3°C.
Higher education is good (64/100).
Healthcare access is strong (69/100).
Retirement suitability is strong (75/100).
Within ~170 km: Vouga River, Barrinha de Esmoriz.
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Santa Maria da Feira's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Santa Maria da Feira'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.
Santa Maria da Feira's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Santa Maria da Feira's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Santa Maria da Feira's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Santa Maria da Feira's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
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Cost of living estimates for Santa Maria da Feira — 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 profile for Santa Maria da Feira — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16.3°C, comfort score 93/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs profile for Santa Maria da Feira — tourism economy, economy score 64/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Education profile for Santa Maria da Feira — regional education center, education score 60/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement profile for Santa Maria da Feira — healthcare access city, healthcare score 69/100, retirement score 75/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Source-attributed visual context for Santa Maria da Feira 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 checklist for Santa Maria da Feira — 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.
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 Santa Maria da Feira 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 Santa Maria da Feira using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Santa Maria da Feira. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
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Regional discovery collections that include Santa Maria da Feira — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
Protected landscape · 30 places across 43 cities.
Weekend escapes · 30 places across 49 cities.
Protected landscape · 30 places across 80 cities.
Weekend escapes · 30 places across 27 cities.
Theme-first discovery collections that include Santa Maria da Feira — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
Cycling Friendly Areas · 27 places across 50 cities.
Family Outdoor Escapes · 22 places across 47 cities.
Hiking Areas · 19 places across 55 cities.
Nature Photography Spots · 25 places across 49 cities.
Weekend Nature Retreats · 29 places across 50 cities.
Common questions about living in, visiting, working in, studying in and retiring to Santa Maria da Feira, answered from the indexed cost-of-living, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data on this profile.
Santa Maria da Feira has a very high quality-of-life estimate (86/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure. Visitors can also reach nature such as Vouga River, Barrinha de Esmoriz and Praia da Granja within weekend range.
Santa Maria da Feira has a very high quality-of-life estimate (86/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure. It indexes 86/100 for overall quality of life.
A single resident of Santa Maria da Feira spends roughly €1,240 per month, with a one-bedroom rent near €660. Overall the city is around average cost for Portugal. These are modelled estimates, not live quotes — verify locally.
Plan for around-average living costs and check current rents before relocating. Santa Maria da Feira is high for remote workers (77/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Santa Maria da Feira's labour market is moderate, with opportunities concentrated in tourism and hospitality, manufacturing and education and research. Santa Maria da Feira has a tourism-driven economy with strengths in tourism, hospitality and manufacturing.
Santa Maria da Feira offers solid infrastructure and amenities for remote professionals, with a remote-work score of 71/100.
Santa Maria da Feira is a regional education center with a mix of universities and research activity in our dataset, spanning fields such as Physics, Computer Science and Medicine.
Santa Maria da Feira offers a strong student environment, supported by walkable neighborhoods, strong quality of life and good connectivity.
Santa Maria da Feira has solid baseline healthcare access, supported by hospitals, specialist services, and public-health infrastructure, with a healthcare score of 69/100. Residents have strong access to healthcare across primary, specialist, and emergency care.
Santa Maria da Feira offers a combination of healthcare access, safety, and amenities that may appeal to retirees, with a retirement score of 75/100. Residents benefit from parks and green space, walkable streets and broad urban amenities and day-to-day services.
Santa Maria da Feira has a mediterranean climate, averaging about 16.3°C annually with roughly 751 mm of rain. The hottest month is Jul and the coldest Jan. The driest is typically Jul.
Santa Maria da Feira ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (81/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.
Santa Maria da Feira indexes a walkability score of 81 and a cycling score of 68 out of 100. Check the local operator for live transit routes and fares.
Nature destinations within about 170 km of Santa Maria da Feira include Vouga River, Barrinha de Esmoriz and Praia da Granja. Each is linked with its official source on the profile.
Santa Maria da Feira scores very high for family living (84/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.
Santa Maria da Feira rates 65/100 for outdoor lifestyle and 97/100 for green space. Nearby nature such as Vouga River, Barrinha de Esmoriz and Praia da Granja supports day hikes, water activities and weekend trips.
Use the Santa Maria da Feira profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Portugal and across Southern Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations. Its standout dimensions are air quality (81/100) and safety (76/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (59/100), 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 Santa Maria da Feira 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.
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.
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.