Porto, Portugal, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, cost of living and safety.
Porto is one of the top ten city matches for 1.3% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $920.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $730.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.80 |
| Small apartment | $540.00 |
Cost of Living| 5km taxi ride | $6.80 |
|---|---|
| A Cappuccino | $2.30 |
| A beer | $1.10 |
| A kilogram of Apples | $1.80 |
| Bread | $0.46 |
| Inflation [score] | 0.74 |
| Lunch | $7.70 |
| Monthly fitness club membership | $41.00 |
| Monthly public transport | $42.00 |
| Movie ticket | $7.00 |
| Price of a meal at a restaurant | $42.36 |
Startups| Average monthly increase in number of startups | 3 |
|---|---|
| Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.32 |
| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.65 |
| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 56 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.23 |
| Meetups groups | 49 |
| Meetups members | 16229 |
| Number of investors | 3 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 119 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 15 |
| Startup climate scene [score] | 0.48 |
| Startup events | 11 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.35 |
| Startups [score] | 0.54 |
| Total number of startups | 51 |
Venture Capital| Venture capital [score] | 0.19 |
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Travel Connectivity| Airport hub | 61 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.32 |
| Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.30 |
Commute| Traffic handling [score] | 0.79 |
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Business Freedom| Business freedom | 85.30 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 0.87 |
| Freedom from corruption | 63.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.63 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 43.50 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.16 |
| Time to open a business | 4.50 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 0.96 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 2 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 9 |
| Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.96 |
| Lack of guns [score] | 0.96 |
| Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.96 |
Healthcare| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.70 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.84 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 81.14 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.87 |
Education| Best university in ranking | University of Porto |
|---|---|
| Best university ranking | 450 |
| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 481.44 |
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 487.76 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 489.27 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 21 |
| PISA ranking | 18 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.79 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 15 |
| PISA science (high school) | 17 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.85 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.25 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.19 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.19 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.11 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.06 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.05 |
| University quality [score] | 0.10 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 0.60 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.66 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.84 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.72 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 0.85 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | EUR |
| GDP growth rate | 0.01 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.26 |
| GDP per capita | $26974.63 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.44 |
Taxation| Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.62 |
|---|---|
| Income tax level [score] | 0.21 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.40 |
| Time overhead to file company taxes | 243 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.23 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 29.40 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.47 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.43 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 9.75 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 84 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 0.65 |
| Cinemas | 49 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.40 |
| Comedy clubs | 20 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.67 |
| Concert venues | 100 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.58 |
| Historical sites | 119 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.58 |
| Museums | 73 |
| Museums [score] | 0.54 |
| Performing art venues | 90 |
| Performing arts [score] | 0.49 |
| Sport venues | 126 |
| Sports [score] | 0.66 |
| Zoos | 4 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.65 |
Tolerance| LGBT Equality Index | 95.36 |
|---|---|
| LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.98 |
| LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
| LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
| LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
| LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
| LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
| Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.93 |
Outdoors| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Median peak in meters | 612.78 |
| Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
| Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
| Seaside access | 1.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 92.00 |
| Water access [score] | 0.94 |
Costs of living in Porto are in the 72nd place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $41 |
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 Movie ticket | $7 |
 Broadband internet connection | $27 |
 Monthly public transport | $42 |
 Lunch | $8 |
Software Engineer salaries in Porto are low. For this job type, Porto ranks 236th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Porto.
The overall crime rate puts Porto in position 136 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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12.7Porto is Portugal's second largest city and the capital of the Northern region, and a busy industrial and commercial center. The city itself isn't very populous (about 240,000 inhabitants), but the Porto metropolitan area has some 1,500,000 inhabitants in a 50 km radius, with cities like Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim and Espinho.
The city was built along the hills overlooking the Douro river estuary, and its historical center was awarded World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1996. It has been continuously inhabited since at least the 4th Century, when the Romans referred to it as Portus Calle, which is the origin of the entire country's name.
The city is officially styled "a muito nobre, sempre leal e invicta cidade do Porto" (the very noble, always faithful, and invincible city of Porto). This is usually shortened to "a Cidade Invicta" (the invincible city) a title won because of Porto's unparalleled resistance against Napoleonic troops during the Peninsular war. Residents of Porto are nicknamed the Tripeiros, or tripe eaters. This is based on the legend of the city's inhabitants going without meat in order to provision the fleet (which left from Porto) that left to conquer Ceuta in North Africa in 1415. As the story goes, they had to subsist on tripe soup, which is a specialty of the city.
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