Municipality · Aveiro

Ílhavo

Ílhavo sits in the Região de Aveiro sub-region of Portugal.

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What does property cost in Ílhavo?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Ílhavo: the transacted (sold) price and the median bank valuation, both per square metre. They are measured differently and are labelled separately, so a valuation is never presented as a sold price.

Median sold price · ÍlhavoSold · INE

€2,248/m²

Ílhavo

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Median bank valuation · ÍlhavoBank valuation · INE

€1,941/m²

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How Ílhavo sold prices have moved

  • Median sold price · Ílhavo· Sold
Latest data: 1st Quarter 2026Median sold price · ÍlhavoMedian sold price · Ílhavo: latest 2,248 €/m² in 1st Quarter 2026.2,248 €/m² · 1st Quarter 2026

Median sold price · Ílhavo: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal · retrieved 2026-08-12T23:51:31.305187Z · CC BY 4.0

How Ílhavo sold prices have moved — data table — most recent 12 periods
PeriodMedian sold price · Ílhavo (€/m²)
2nd Quarter 20231533
3rd Quarter 20231607
4th Quarter 20231755
1st Quarter 20241697
2nd Quarter 20241712
3rd Quarter 20241741
4th Quarter 20241706
1st Quarter 20251798
2nd Quarter 20251927
3rd Quarter 20252103
4th Quarter 20252188
1st Quarter 20262248
Median sold price · ÍlhavoLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 2,248 · Min 1,047 · Max 2,248 · Range 1,201 · CAGR +13%/yr
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How Ílhavo sold prices have moved — data table — full series (26 periods)
PeriodMedian sold price · Ílhavo (€/m²)
4th Quarter 20191047
1st Quarter 20201061
2nd Quarter 20201091
3rd Quarter 20201083
4th Quarter 20201095
1st Quarter 20211126
2nd Quarter 20211135
3rd Quarter 20211166
4th Quarter 20211231
1st Quarter 20221311
2nd Quarter 20221368
3rd Quarter 20221415
4th Quarter 20221450
1st Quarter 20231500
2nd Quarter 20231533
3rd Quarter 20231607
4th Quarter 20231755
1st Quarter 20241697
2nd Quarter 20241712
3rd Quarter 20241741
4th Quarter 20241706
1st Quarter 20251798
2nd Quarter 20251927
3rd Quarter 20252103
4th Quarter 20252188
1st Quarter 20262248
Median sold price · ÍlhavoLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 2,248 · Min 1,047 · Max 2,248 · Range 1,201 · CAGR +13%/yr

Both series are drawn from the public data registry with full provenance. Transacted (sold) figures come from INE’s house-price statistics; the bank-valuation series is INE’s median valuation used by credit institutions. Each carries its own reference period, shown above.

What are the rules and costs in Ílhavo?

Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Ílhavo; the rules and costs below tell you what governs a purchase and what it costs to hold.

Two rules shape most purchases here — whether a property can be let short-term, and what it costs to hold each year — followed by the guides and calculator to model your full purchase.

Can you run a short-term rental here?

Short-term letting (Alojamento Local, AL) is regulated at the municipal level in Ílhavo, as it is across Portugal: the national Alojamento Local regime (Decreto-Lei 128/2014, as amended) sets registration and operating requirements, while each câmara municipal can designate zonas de contenção that suspend or restrict new AL registrations. Restriction status varies by municipality and by parish, and changes over time.

This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the current status for a specific address with the Ílhavo câmara municipal before assuming a property can be operated as AL.

What about annual property tax (IMI)?

Municipal Property Tax (IMI) is levied annually by the Ílhavo council within a band set nationally, so the exact rate depends on the municipality and the property’s taxable value (VPT). We do not print a rate we cannot source: any specific figure we publish is drawn from the official register with its reference year, never estimated here.

To model the full acquisition cost — IMT, stamp duty and the recurring IMI — for a specific Ílhavo purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.

Common questions about Ílhavo

How much does property cost per square metre in Ílhavo?
In Ílhavo, the median transacted (sold) price is about €2,248 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). The median bank valuation — what lenders appraised, a separate measure from the transacted price — is about €1,941 per square metre (June 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
What is the IMI (municipal property tax) rate in Ílhavo?
In Ílhavo, the municipal property tax (IMI) rate for urban property — the rate applied to most homes and other urban buildings — is 0.3% (set for 2025). The exact IMI you pay is this rate applied to the property's taxable value (VPT). For rustic (rural-land) property the rate is 0.8%, a separate statutory rate. Source: Portal das Finanças (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira), Public administrative data (Portal das Finanças / AT).
What is the reported-crime rate in Ílhavo?
In Ílhavo, the reported-crime rate is about 34.5 crimes/1k residents (Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, reference period 2025 crime counts over 2021 resident population). This counts crimes recorded by the authorities, normalised per 1,000 residents so municipalities of different sizes compare fairly — it is not a measure of how likely any individual is to be affected. Derived as registered_crimes / population_2021 * 1000. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.

Every figure on this page is drawn from the public data registry with full provenance — official sources, reference periods and licences. We publish a number only when the warehouse can source it.

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Municipalities bordering Ílhavo

These municipalities share a land border with Ílhavo, derived from official CAOP boundary polygons.

Other municipalities in Aveiro

Other municipalities in the same district — each carries its own INE-sourced price, tax and safety figures.