Porto, Portugal

Public transport, airport and rail connections, healthcare access and car ownership — each figure linked to the official publication it came from.

10 of 23 fields sourced from official publications, 13 not yet sourced. Every figure links to the body that published it and the period it describes. Where we don't have something, we say so rather than estimating.
✈️ Getting out
How far this place is from everywhere else — the thing most cost-of-living comparisons leave out.
Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro · OPO
Nonstop destinations
130+Official statistic
Summer 2026 schedule.
ANA — Aeroportos de Portugal, Newsroom · 1 April 2026 · city figure
Long-haul nonstop service
YesOfficial statistic
Includes New York-JFK, Newark, Toronto, Montreal, São Paulo, Addis Ababa, Luanda.
Fastest rail to the capital
2 h 42 minOfficial statistic
Fastest scheduled Alfa Pendular, Porto Campanhã–Lisboa Oriente.
CP — Comboios de Portugal, timetable · August 2026 · city figure
🏥 Healthcare access
Region: ARS Norte
Users without an assigned family doctor
2.6 % of enrolled users, not by choiceOfficial statistic
🚇 Getting around
Operators: Metro do Porto · STCP (bus) · CP — Comboios de Portugal
Metro or rapid transit
YesOfficial statistic
AMT — Observatório (Metro do Porto) · December 2024 · city figure
Lines
6 linesOfficial statistic
Stations
85 stationsOfficial statistic
19 stations are shared between multiple lines.
AMT — Observatório (Metro do Porto) · December 2024 · city figure
Network length
69.8 kmOfficial statistic
AMT — Observatório (Metro do Porto) · December 2024 · city figure
Single journey
€1.40Official statistic
One journey within zone Z2 (Metro do Porto + STCP), valid up to 1 hour.
Metro do Porto — Preço · 1 January 2026 · city figure
Monthly pass
Not sourced yetMetro do Porto publishes the Passe Andante price table as an image rather than text; the figure could not be independently confirmed.
Service hours
Not sourced yetMetro do Porto publishes timetables as line-specific PDFs rather than a stated system-wide first/last time.
🚗 Living without a car
Reported behaviour from official statistics — not a walkability score.
Households with no car
Not sourced yetINE Census 2021 tables not retrievable.
Commutes made by car
63.7 % of commutes by carOfficial statistic
📍 Neighbourhoods
Official statistics at the level each figure is actually reported. No verdicts on what an area is like.
Bonfimparish figurename not yet verified
Population
Not sourced yetINE freguesia-level Census 2021 tables not retrievable.
Household income
Not sourced yetNot yet sourced at freguesia level.
Cedofeita / Santo Ildefonso / Sé / Miragaia / São Nicolau / Vitóriaparish figurename not yet verified
Population
Not sourced yetINE freguesia-level Census 2021 tables not retrievable.
Household income
Not sourced yetNot yet sourced at freguesia level.
Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelosparish figurename not yet verified
Population
Not sourced yetINE freguesia-level Census 2021 tables not retrievable.
Household income
Not sourced yetNot yet sourced at freguesia level.
Paranhosparish figurename not yet verified
Population
Not sourced yetINE freguesia-level Census 2021 tables not retrievable.
Household income
Not sourced yetNot yet sourced at freguesia level.
Ramaldeparish figurename not yet verified
Population
Not sourced yetINE freguesia-level Census 2021 tables not retrievable.
Household income
Not sourced yetNot yet sourced at freguesia level.

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Where these figures come from. Every number on this page is reproduced from a government body, a public transport operator, an airport authority or a national statistics office, and links back to the exact publication and the period it describes. We don't use cost-of-living aggregators. Where an official source doesn't publish something, the page says so rather than estimating.