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The Coimbra district centres on Portugal’s oldest university city, spreading from the Mondego valley west to the Figueira da Foz coast and east into the wooded serras of the Beira interior. Because Portugal’s statistics office publishes house prices by sub-region and municipality rather than by district, this guide leads with the official figures for the Região de Coimbra sub-region and then breaks the whole district down municipality by municipality — each number with its own source and reference period.

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What does property cost in Coimbra?

The figures below are the latest official medians for the region, each shown beside its reference period and INE source. Transacted (sold) prices are drawn from INE’s house-price statistics; the national median is shown alongside so you can see how the region compares.

Median sold price · CoimbraSold · INE

€1,413/m²

Região de Coimbra

1st Quarter 2026Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal
CC BY 4.0
Median sold price · PortugalSold · INE (national)

€2,168/m²

Portugal

1st Quarter 2026Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal
CC BY 4.0
Median new-lease rent · CoimbraRent · INE

€7.33/m²

Região de Coimbra

1st Quarter 2026Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal
CC BY 4.0

Sub-region level (Região de Coimbra) — INE publishes the rent series by NUTS-III only, so there is no separate concelho-level rent figure for the Coimbra municipalities.

How Coimbra sold prices have moved

  • Median sold price · Coimbra· Sold
Latest data: 1st Quarter 2026Median sold price · CoimbraMedian sold price · Coimbra: latest 1,413 €/m² in 1st Quarter 2026.1,413 €/m² · 1st Quarter 2026

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

How Coimbra sold prices have moved — data table — most recent 12 periods
PeriodMedian sold price · Coimbra (€/m²)
2nd Quarter 20231061
3rd Quarter 20231065
4th Quarter 20231086
1st Quarter 20241102
2nd Quarter 20241117
3rd Quarter 20241146
4th Quarter 20241188
1st Quarter 20251245
2nd Quarter 20251291
3rd Quarter 20251331
4th Quarter 20251372
1st Quarter 20261413
Median sold price · CoimbraLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,413 · Min 846 · Max 1,413 · Range 567 · CAGR +8.6%/yr
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How Coimbra sold prices have moved — data table — full series (26 periods)
PeriodMedian sold price · Coimbra (€/m²)
4th Quarter 2019846
1st Quarter 2020863
2nd Quarter 2020883
3rd Quarter 2020900
4th Quarter 2020909
1st Quarter 2021904
2nd Quarter 2021892
3rd Quarter 2021909
4th Quarter 2021942
1st Quarter 2022966
2nd Quarter 20221001
3rd Quarter 20221027
4th Quarter 20221043
1st Quarter 20231054
2nd Quarter 20231061
3rd Quarter 20231065
4th Quarter 20231086
1st Quarter 20241102
2nd Quarter 20241117
3rd Quarter 20241146
4th Quarter 20241188
1st Quarter 20251245
2nd Quarter 20251291
3rd Quarter 20251331
4th Quarter 20251372
1st Quarter 20261413
Median sold price · CoimbraLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,413 · Min 846 · Max 1,413 · Range 567 · CAGR +8.6%/yr

Asking vs sold

Asking-price data pending — we publish an asking figure only from a licensed source, never scraped listings, and we always label it separately from the sold (INE) median so the two are never conflated.

What does each type of property cost in Coimbra?

Two official medians, kept deliberately apart. Bank appraisals are what lenders valued homes at; registered sales are what buyers actually paid. They are measured differently, published on different cadences, and are never averaged together.

Flats vs villas

Bank appraisal · INE · €/m²

Median value of bank evaluations on housing — what lenders valued property at for mortgage purposes. It is a valuation opinion, not a transacted price, so it is never mixed with the sale medians below.

Median flats vs villas price per square metre in Coimbra
FlatsMedian€1,924€/m²PeriodJune 2026
VillasMedian€1,226€/m²PeriodJune 2026
All housingMedian€1,517€/m²PeriodJune 2026

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal — CC BY 4.0. Each row carries its own reference period, shown above.

New vs existing homes

Sold · INE · €/m²

Median value of registered dwelling sales — what buyers actually transacted at, split by whether the home was newly built or already existing. This is the sold family; it is never mixed with appraisals.

Median new vs existing homes price per square metre in Coimbra
New dwellingsMedian€1,759€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Existing dwellingsMedian€1,333€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
All dwellingsMedian€1,413€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal — CC BY 4.0. Each row carries its own reference period, shown above.

Prices are one part of the picture. Below, see how Coimbra sits through the market cycle — bank appraisals against sold prices, transaction activity and rents, each drawn live from INE with its source and reference period.

Where exactly in Coimbra?

Those trends describe Coimbra as a whole. Below, place it on the map to see exactly where they apply — and, where the data allows, how prices vary from one part of the region to the next.

Coimbra on the map

The 17 municipalities that make up the Coimbra distrito. Select a municipality to open its concelho guide.

ArganilCantanhedeCoimbraCondeixa-a-NovaFigueira da FozGóisLousãMiraMiranda do CorvoMontemor-o-VelhoOliveira do HospitalPampilhosa da SerraPenacovaPenelaSoureTábuaVila Nova de Poiares
  1. 1. Arganil
  2. 2. Cantanhede
  3. 3. Coimbra
  4. 4. Condeixa-a-Nova
  5. 5. Figueira da Foz
  6. 6. Góis
  7. 7. Lousã
  8. 8. Mira
  9. 9. Miranda do Corvo
  10. 10. Montemor-o-Velho
  11. 11. Oliveira do Hospital
  12. 12. Pampilhosa da Serra
  13. 13. Penacova
  14. 14. Penela
  15. 15. Soure
  16. 16. Tábua
  17. 17. Vila Nova de Poiares

Boundaries: Direção-Geral do Território — Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP2025) — source — CC BY 4.0 (DGT)

Coimbra district, municipality by municipality

Portugal’s statistics office (INE) does not publish transacted house prices on district boundaries — the official series is released for NUTS-III sub-regions and for individual municipalities (concelhos) only. The whole Coimbra district falls inside a single NUTS-III sub-region, the Região de Coimbra, so the headline figures on this page are that sub-region’s official medians — which cover the city of Coimbra and its 16 neighbouring municipalities — rather than a separately fabricated district aggregate. Every municipality is shown individually in the breakdown below, each figure with its own INE source and reference period.

Região de Coimbra

Sub-region median: €1,413/m²

Median transacted price per square metre by municipality in Região de Coimbra
CoimbraMedian sold€2,210€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
ArganilMedian sold€685€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
CantanhedeMedian sold€1,100€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Condeixa-a-NovaMedian sold€1,622€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Figueira da FozMedian sold€1,789€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
GóisMedian sold€756€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
LousãMedian sold€1,411€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
MiraMedian sold€1,515€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Miranda do CorvoMedian sold€903€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Montemor-o-VelhoMedian sold€1,142€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Oliveira do HospitalMedian sold€746€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Pampilhosa da SerraMedian sold€465€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
PenacovaMedian sold€595€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
PenelaMedian sold€744€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
SoureMedian sold€884€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
TábuaMedian sold€768€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Vila Nova de PoiaresMedian sold€1,031€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026

Transacted (sold) median price per square metre. Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal — CC BY 4.0. Figures are the latest available official medians; each municipality carries its own reference period, shown above.

What is living in Coimbra like?

Knowing where a property sits is only half the decision — the other half is what daily life there is like. Here are the liveability signals we can source for Coimbra today, each added as the data becomes available.

HealthcareINE · health access & supply

33.0doctors/1k inhab.

Medical doctors per 1,000 inhabitants · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

0.3pharmacies/1k inhab.

Pharmacies per 1,000 inhabitants · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

15hospitals

Hospitals · S7A2024

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

ConnectivityINE · fixed broadband

71,396accesses

Fixed broadband Internet accesses · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

SafetyINE · reported crime

30.7

crimes/1k residents

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents · 2025 crime counts over 2021 resident population

Derived: registered_crimes / population_2021 * 1000

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

CoastINE · Blue Flag beaches

24beaches

Blue Flag beaches (regional total) · S7A2026

Regional total (NUTS3) — shared across the surrounding region, not this municipality alone. NUTS regional total broadcast to member concelhos — the WHOLE region's count, NOT this concelho's own; never sum across concelhos.

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

ClimateIPMA · monthly temperature

11°C–30°C

Observed range · August 2025 – August 2026

Coolest: mean daily low, November 2025 · Warmest: mean daily high, July 2026

Not a full-year normal — our IPMA observations cover August 2025 – August 2026, so the coldest winter months are not represented.

IPMA — Instituto Português do Mar e da AtmosferaFree reuse with attribution to IPMA (open-data)

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Coimbra at a glance

The district of Coimbra sits at the heart of the Centro region, anchored by the historic university city of Coimbra on the Mondego. It reaches west to the Atlantic at Figueira da Foz and east into the forested serras — Lousã, Góis, Pampilhosa da Serra — of the Beira interior. The city’s student population and its hospitals and research institutes give the market a steady rental and purchase base, while the coastal and interior concelhos trade very differently from the urban core.

Unusually for a mainland district, the whole of Coimbra falls inside a single INE sub-region, so the headline figures above and the municipal breakdown share one official boundary — the Região de Coimbra — each shown with full provenance. The breakdown that follows lists every municipality so the gap between the university city, the coast and the depopulating interior is visible with the same discipline rather than hidden inside a single average.

What are the rules and costs in Coimbra?

Lifestyle is the human side of the decision; the rules and costs are the practical one. These are the two rules that shape most purchases in Coimbra — plus the guides and calculator to model your all-in costs.

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) in the Coimbra district concentrates in the historic centre of Coimbra, driven by university and cultural tourism, and along the Figueira da Foz seafront. AL is regulated at the municipal level under the national regime (Decreto-Lei 128/2014, as amended), and rules, registration status and any contention-style limits vary by concelho and change over time.

This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the current AL status and any local limits for a specific address with the relevant câmara municipal before assuming a property can be operated as a short-term rental.

What about annual property tax (IMI)?

Municipal Property Tax (IMI) is levied annually by each concelho within a band set nationally, so the exact rate depends on the municipality and the property’s taxable value (VPT) — the rate in Coimbra can differ from that of Figueira da Foz or the smaller interior concelhos. Any specific rate we publish is sourced from the official register with its reference year; where the warehouse cannot yet source a rate it is shown as pending rather than estimated.

Common questions about Coimbra

How much does property cost per square metre in Coimbra?
In Região de Coimbra, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,413 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). For comparison, the national median sold price is about €2,168 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
How much do flats and villas cost per square metre in Coimbra?
In Região de Coimbra, the median bank appraisal value is about €1,924 per square metre for flats and €1,226 per square metre for villas (June 2026). These are lender valuations for mortgage purposes, not transacted prices. Registered sales — what buyers actually paid — ran about €1,759 per square metre for newly built homes and €1,333 per square metre for existing homes (1st Quarter 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
What is the average rent per square metre in Coimbra?
In Região de Coimbra, the median new-lease rent — what tenants pay to let, a separate measure from any sale or asking price — is about €7.33 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
What is the climate like in Coimbra?
Over the August 2025 – August 2026 climate observations available for Coimbra's anchor municipality, the mean daily low reached about 10.5°C (in November 2025) and the mean daily high about 30.4°C (in July 2026). This is the observed range for that window, not a full-year normal: our IPMA observations do not span a full calendar year, so the coldest winter months are not represented. Source: IPMA — Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Free reuse with attribution to IPMA (open-data).
What is the reported-crime rate in Coimbra?
Coimbra's anchor municipality records about 30.7 crimes/1k residents (Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, reference period 2025 crime counts over 2021 resident population). Derived as registered_crimes / population_2021 * 1000. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
What healthcare access does Coimbra have?
Coimbra's anchor municipality reports medical doctors per 1,000 inhabitants: 33.0 doctors/1k inhab., reference period S7A2025; pharmacies per 1,000 inhabitants: 0.3 pharmacies/1k inhab., reference period S7A2025; hospitals: 15 hospitals, reference period S7A2024. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.
What is internet connectivity like in Coimbra?
Coimbra's anchor municipality reports fixed broadband internet accesses: 71,396 accesses, reference period S7A2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.
How many Blue Flag beaches does Coimbra have?
Coimbra's anchor municipality reports blue flag beaches (regional total): 24 beaches (regional total, shared across the surrounding region), reference period S7A2026. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.

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Municipalities in Coimbra

Every municipality below has its own page, held to the same provenance discipline: a figure appears only when the warehouse can source it, shown with its INE source and reference period. Where it cannot, the page says so in place of the figure. Never an estimate.

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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