Cost of Living inFelgueiras, Portugal
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Portugal: $42,577/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 51% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-school quality, expat access, instruction language, and homeschool legality for relocating families.
Public schools
This describes Portugal as a whole. Enrollment rules and school quality can vary within the country, so check with schools in Felgueiras.
Quality
Good public schools
Expat access
Available to residents
conditionalInstruction
Portuguese
Local-language fluency usually matters.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
Portugal’s public system is broadly solid, though the experience is strongest for families comfortable in Portuguese.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident foreign families can enroll, but day-to-day schooling is mainly in Portuguese and local assignment rules still apply.
📋 Homeschooling
Legal with registrationHomeschooling (ensino doméstico) is legal and regulated. Parents must register and the student is linked to a reference school. Annual assessments are required. Portugal has become a popular base for worldschooling families, especially in Lisbon and the Algarve.
Homeschool legality in Portugal — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
International & private schools
No schools in Felgueiras are confirmed yet by their own websites. The nearest city with confirmed schools is Braga, 28 km away (1 school).
Childcare & Domestic Help
Current nanny and household-help pricing snapshot for Felgueiras, Portugal.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$860-$1,240
monthly · confidence 0.65
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$1,720-$2,480
monthly · confidence 0.65
Source: curated family relocation research
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for Felgueiras: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Walkability score: 69/100 (walkable core). This is derived from the verified mobility profile and is used by the walkability gate.
Walkability
69/100
mobility profile walkability mention
Airport
Porto international airport
The refreshed family mobility queue lists Porto as the next Portugal walkability gap; Francisco Sa Carneiro gives northern Portugal a strong direct air gateway.
Urban transit
Metro, suburban rail, buses, and walkable core
Metro do Porto, suburban rail, buses, and dense central districts make car-light family routines practical across the stronger urban core.
Rideshare
Uber/Bolt available
App-hailed rides are a routine supplement for airport runs, hillier neighborhoods, and late-night family trips.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Portugal.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongGood national coverage, strong doctor availability, and deep nursing capacity support this rating.
Public care
GoodBroad public coverage and country-level outcomes are comparatively strong support this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
83/100
2023
Physicians
5.85/1k
2022
Hospital beds
3.48/1k
2022
Out of pocket
28%
2024
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
82.4 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
15/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
1.7/1k
2024
International patient readiness
MixedMultiple facilities have websites and country-level outcomes are comparatively strong help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Portugal yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-11-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
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2025 annual wages in Felgueiras, Portugal · Source: INE (region-adjusted)
Price Comparison vs. US
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How far does your money go in Felgueiras compared with the US?
Your money goes about 1.9x further in Felgueiras than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Portugal here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Felgueiras cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Felgueiras is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 51% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Felgueiras. We are using the country-level cost index for Portugal here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Felgueiras compare with New York City?
Rent in Felgueiras is about 77% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Portugal here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Felgueiras?
Groceries in Felgueiras are about 53% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 54% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Portugal here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
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