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The Évora district is the Alentejo Central — the heart of the great southern plains, a UNESCO-listed Roman-and-mediaeval capital city ringed by cork-oak montado, marble quarries and walled wine towns from Estremoz and Borba to the megalithic country around Reguengos de Monsaraz. 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 Alentejo Central sub-region — which contains Évora city — 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 Évora?

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 · ÉvoraSold · INE

€1,226/m²

Alentejo Central

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 · ÉvoraRent · INE

€6.27/m²

Alentejo Central

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

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

How Évora sold prices have moved

  • Median sold price · Évora· Sold
Latest data: 1st Quarter 2026Median sold price · ÉvoraMedian sold price · Évora: latest 1,226 €/m² in 1st Quarter 2026.1,226 €/m² · 1st Quarter 2026

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

How Évora sold prices have moved — data table — most recent 12 periods
PeriodMedian sold price · Évora (€/m²)
2nd Quarter 2023953
3rd Quarter 2023955
4th Quarter 2023961
1st Quarter 2024963
2nd Quarter 2024988
3rd Quarter 2024992
4th Quarter 20241002
1st Quarter 20251030
2nd Quarter 20251076
3rd Quarter 20251111
4th Quarter 20251176
1st Quarter 20261226
Median sold price · ÉvoraLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,226 · Min 732 · Max 1,226 · Range 494 · CAGR +8.6%/yr
Show all 26 rows
How Évora sold prices have moved — data table — full series (26 periods)
PeriodMedian sold price · Évora (€/m²)
4th Quarter 2019732
1st Quarter 2020769
2nd Quarter 2020799
3rd Quarter 2020788
4th Quarter 2020778
1st Quarter 2021756
2nd Quarter 2021742
3rd Quarter 2021768
4th Quarter 2021784
1st Quarter 2022826
2nd Quarter 2022864
3rd Quarter 2022894
4th Quarter 2022917
1st Quarter 2023938
2nd Quarter 2023953
3rd Quarter 2023955
4th Quarter 2023961
1st Quarter 2024963
2nd Quarter 2024988
3rd Quarter 2024992
4th Quarter 20241002
1st Quarter 20251030
2nd Quarter 20251076
3rd Quarter 20251111
4th Quarter 20251176
1st Quarter 20261226
Median sold price · ÉvoraLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,226 · Min 732 · Max 1,226 · Range 494 · 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 Évora?

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 Évora
FlatsMedian€1,924€/m²PeriodJune 2026
VillasMedian€1,453€/m²PeriodJune 2026
All housingMedian€1,672€/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 Évora
New dwellingsMedian€1,299€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Existing dwellingsMedian€1,210€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
All dwellingsMedian€1,226€/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 Évora 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 Évora?

Those trends describe Évora 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.

Évora on the map

The 14 municipalities that make up the Évora distrito. Select a municipality to open its concelho guide.

AlandroalArraiolosBorbaEstremozÉvoraMontemor-o-NovoMoraMourãoPortelRedondoReguengos de MonsarazVendas NovasViana do AlentejoVila Viçosa
  1. 1. Alandroal
  2. 2. Arraiolos
  3. 3. Borba
  4. 4. Estremoz
  5. 5. Évora
  6. 6. Montemor-o-Novo
  7. 7. Mora
  8. 8. Mourão
  9. 9. Portel
  10. 10. Redondo
  11. 11. Reguengos de Monsaraz
  12. 12. Vendas Novas
  13. 13. Viana do Alentejo
  14. 14. Vila Viçosa

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

Évora 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 headline figures on this page are therefore the official medians for the Alentejo Central sub-region, which contains the city of Évora; they are not a district-wide aggregate. The whole district — 14 municipalities, all within the Alentejo Central sub-region — is shown municipality by municipality in the breakdown below, each figure with its own INE source and reference period. We never synthesise a single district number.

Alentejo Central

Sub-region median: €1,226/m²

Median transacted price per square metre by municipality in Alentejo Central
ÉvoraMedian sold€2,255€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
AlandroalMedian sold€771€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
ArraiolosMedian sold€1,286€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
BorbaMedian sold€924€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
EstremozMedian sold€843€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Montemor-o-NovoMedian sold€1,436€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
MoraMedian sold€1,041€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
MourãoMedian sold€755€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
PortelMedian sold€815€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
RedondoMedian sold€920€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Reguengos de MonsarazMedian sold€1,100€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Vendas NovasMedian sold€1,646€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Viana do AlentejoMedian sold€1,058€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Vila ViçosaMedian sold€838€/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 Évora 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 Évora today, each added as the data becomes available.

HealthcareINE · health access & supply

8.3doctors/1k inhab.

Medical doctors per 1,000 inhabitants · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

0.4pharmacies/1k inhab.

Pharmacies per 1,000 inhabitants · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

2hospitals

Hospitals · S7A2024

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

ConnectivityINE · fixed broadband

26,527accesses

Fixed broadband Internet accesses · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

SafetyINE · reported crime

29.8

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

6beaches

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

10°C–35°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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Évora at a glance

The district of Évora is the Alentejo Central, the heart of Portugal’s vast southern plains — rolling cork-oak and holm-oak montado, cereal fields and vineyards under a wide sky, with marble quarried around Estremoz, Borba and Vila Viçosa. It is anchored by Évora itself, a UNESCO World Heritage city whose Roman temple, mediaeval cathedral and walled old town make it the cultural capital of the Alentejo, and takes in the walled wine towns of the Borba–Estremoz “marble triangle”, the megalithic and lakeside country around Reguengos de Monsaraz and the Alqueva reservoir, and the corticeiro plains of Montemor-o-Novo and Mora to the west.

Because the official price series is published by sub-region and municipality rather than by district, the headline figures above are for the Alentejo Central sub-region around Évora city, with full provenance; the breakdown that follows shows every one of the district’s municipalities — from the city itself to the smaller wine and plains concelhos — so the wide internal spread is visible with the same discipline rather than hidden inside a single average.

What are the rules and costs in Évora?

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 Évora — 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 Évora district is a smaller, more seasonal part of the investment case than on the coast, driven by cultural, wine and heritage tourism — the UNESCO city of Évora, the marble-triangle wine towns of Estremoz, Borba and Vila Viçosa, and the megalithic and lakeside country around Reguengos de Monsaraz and the Alqueva. It plays a meaningful role in Évora city and a modest one across the rural plains. 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 Évora city can differ from that of the marble-triangle wine towns or the smaller plains concelhos of the Alentejo Central. 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 Évora

How much does property cost per square metre in Évora?
In Alentejo Central, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,226 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 Évora?
In Alentejo Central, the median bank appraisal value is about €1,924 per square metre for flats and €1,453 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 €1,299 per square metre for newly built homes and €1,210 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 Évora?
In Alentejo Central, the median new-lease rent — what tenants pay to let, a separate measure from any sale or asking price — is about €6.27 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
What is the climate like in Évora?
Over the August 2025 – August 2026 climate observations available for Évora's anchor municipality, the mean daily low reached about 9.9°C (in November 2025) and the mean daily high about 34.9°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 Évora?
Évora's anchor municipality records about 29.8 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 Évora have?
Évora's anchor municipality reports medical doctors per 1,000 inhabitants: 8.3 doctors/1k inhab., reference period S7A2025; pharmacies per 1,000 inhabitants: 0.4 pharmacies/1k inhab., reference period S7A2025; hospitals: 2 hospitals, reference period S7A2024. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.
What is internet connectivity like in Évora?
Évora's anchor municipality reports fixed broadband internet accesses: 26,527 accesses, reference period S7A2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.
How many Blue Flag beaches does Évora have?
Évora's anchor municipality reports blue flag beaches (regional total): 6 beaches (regional total, shared across the surrounding region), reference period S7A2026. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.

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Municipalities in Évora

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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