Overall score
Use the Setúbal profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Lisbon and other Southern-European metros.
Overall70/100
Affordability74/100
Air quality72/100
Energy71/100
Portugal / Southern Europe
Setúbal City Intelligence
Setúbal is a port and district-capital city on the Sado estuary south of Lisbon, with fishing, automotive-manufacturing, and logistics activity and rail and ferry access shaping its transport and cost framing. Setúbal is a southern europe city of about ~0.15M in Portugal. On the composite city-intelligence score, Setúbal sits around the indexed median (70/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~0.15M
Image credit: Image: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall city intelligence
Good70/100
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.
Setúbal data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 70/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 74/100 | Setúbal's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 72/100 | Setúbal'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 | 71/100 | Setúbal's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 69/100 | Setúbal's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 71/100 | Setúbal's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 68/100 | Setúbal's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 68/100 | 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 safety80/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety77/100
Road safety77/100
Setúbal ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (80/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time 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 space87/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure87/100
Mobility68/100
Setúbal 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 friendliness83/100
Education84/100
Green space87/100
Overall safety80/100
Setúbal scores very high for family living (83/100), 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 suitability78/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling65/100
Infrastructure87/100
Setúbal is high for remote workers (78/100), 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 suitability84/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle58/100
Setúbal is very high for retirement (84/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Setúbal
Local public safety guidance for Setúbal, 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 Setúbal, 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 Setúbal
Healthcare context for Setúbal, 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 Setúbal, 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 Setúbal
Local mobility context for Setúbal, 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 Setúbal, 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 Setúbal. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Setúbal
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 Setúbal 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 Setúbal air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Setúbal modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Setúbal
Setúbal's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Setúbal
Setúbal'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 Setúbal
Setúbal's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Setúbal
Setúbal's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Setúbal
Setúbal's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Setúbal
Setúbal'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 Setúbal
Cost of living estimates for Setúbal — 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 Setúbal
Climate profile for Setúbal — Mediterranean climate, annual average 17.6°C, comfort score 96/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Setúbal
Economy and jobs profile for Setúbal — 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 Setúbal
Education profile for Setúbal — regional education center, education score 60/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Visual guide to Setúbal
Source-attributed visual context for Setúbal 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 Setúbal
Weekend trip planning checklist for Setúbal — 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 Setúbal
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 Setúbal
Estimate a monthly budget for Setúbal 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 Setúbal
Plan a trip budget for Setúbal 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 Setúbal
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Setúbal. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Almada, Portugal
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Lisbon, Portugal
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Amadora, Portugal
Same region · about 39 km from Setúbal. Explore Amadora's city intelligence profile.
Loures, Portugal
Same region · about 42 km from Setúbal. Explore Loures's city intelligence profile.
Cascais, Portugal
Same region · about 50 km from Setúbal. Explore Cascais's city intelligence profile.
Sintra, Portugal
Same region · about 53 km from Setúbal. Explore Sintra's city intelligence profile.
Évora, Portugal
Nearby city · about 86 km from Setúbal. Explore Évora's city intelligence profile.
Leiria, Portugal
Same region · about 136 km from Setúbal. Explore Leiria's city intelligence profile.
Portimão, Portugal
Same region · about 158 km from Setúbal. Explore Portimão's city intelligence profile.
Badajoz, Spain
Cross-border · about 171 km from Setúbal. Explore Badajoz's city intelligence profile.
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Themed collections
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Interpretation
Use the Setúbal profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Lisbon and other Southern-European metros. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (74/100) and air quality (72/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (68/100), 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 Setúbal 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.