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Tâmega e Sousa

Vineyard terraces and chestnut woods step down to the Tâmega and Sousa rivers, granite farmhouses and Romanesque churches sit above the valley floor, and market towns thread along the old routes inland from Porto. This is the green, working countryside behind the northern coast.

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What does property cost in Tâmega e Sousa?

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 · Tâmega e SousaSold · INE

€1,234/m²

Tâmega e Sousa

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
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Median new-lease rent · Tâmega e SousaRent · INE

€4.66/m²

Tâmega e Sousa

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

Sub-region level (Tâmega e Sousa) — INE publishes the rent series by NUTS-III only, so there is no separate concelho-level rent figure for these municipalities.

How Tâmega e Sousa sold prices have moved

  • Median sold price · Tâmega e Sousa· Sold
Latest data: 1st Quarter 2026Median sold price · Tâmega e SousaMedian sold price · Tâmega e Sousa: latest 1,234 €/m² in 1st Quarter 2026.1,234 €/m² · 1st Quarter 2026

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

How Tâmega e Sousa sold prices have moved — data table — most recent 12 periods
PeriodMedian sold price · Tâmega e Sousa (€/m²)
2nd Quarter 2023887
3rd Quarter 2023902
4th Quarter 2023913
1st Quarter 2024939
2nd Quarter 2024933
3rd Quarter 2024952
4th Quarter 2024983
1st Quarter 20251010
2nd Quarter 20251069
3rd Quarter 20251115
4th Quarter 20251185
1st Quarter 20261234
Median sold price · Tâmega e SousaLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,234 · Min 675 · Max 1,234 · Range 559 · CAGR +10.1%/yr
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How Tâmega e Sousa sold prices have moved — data table — full series (26 periods)
PeriodMedian sold price · Tâmega e Sousa (€/m²)
4th Quarter 2019675
1st Quarter 2020692
2nd Quarter 2020705
3rd Quarter 2020724
4th Quarter 2020749
1st Quarter 2021753
2nd Quarter 2021750
3rd Quarter 2021754
4th Quarter 2021780
1st Quarter 2022795
2nd Quarter 2022825
3rd Quarter 2022852
4th Quarter 2022859
1st Quarter 2023863
2nd Quarter 2023887
3rd Quarter 2023902
4th Quarter 2023913
1st Quarter 2024939
2nd Quarter 2024933
3rd Quarter 2024952
4th Quarter 2024983
1st Quarter 20251010
2nd Quarter 20251069
3rd Quarter 20251115
4th Quarter 20251185
1st Quarter 20261234
Median sold price · Tâmega e SousaLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,234 · Min 675 · Max 1,234 · Range 559 · CAGR +10.1%/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 Tâmega e Sousa?

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 Tâmega e Sousa
FlatsMedian€1,570€/m²PeriodJune 2026
VillasMedian€1,356€/m²PeriodJune 2026
All housingMedian€1,444€/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 Tâmega e Sousa
New dwellingsMedian€1,452€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
Existing dwellingsMedian€1,136€/m²Period1st Quarter 2026
All dwellingsMedian€1,234€/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 Tâmega e Sousa 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 Tâmega e Sousa?

Those trends describe Tâmega e Sousa 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.

Tâmega e Sousa on the map

The 11 municipalities that make up Tâmega e Sousa. Select a municipality to open its concelho guide.

Castelo de PaivaCelorico de BastoAmaranteBaiãoFelgueirasLousadaMarco de CanavesesPaços de FerreiraPenafielCinfãesResende
  1. 1. Castelo de Paiva
  2. 2. Celorico de Basto
  3. 3. Amarante
  4. 4. Baião
  5. 5. Felgueiras
  6. 6. Lousada
  7. 7. Marco de Canaveses
  8. 8. Paços de Ferreira
  9. 9. Penafiel
  10. 10. Cinfães
  11. 11. Resende

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

What is living in Tâmega e Sousa 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 Tâmega e Sousa today, each added as the data becomes available.

HealthcareINE · health access & supply

3.8doctors/1k inhab.

Medical doctors per 1,000 inhabitants · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

0.2pharmacies/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

25,043accesses

Fixed broadband Internet accesses · S7A2025

Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), PortugalCC BY 4.0

SafetyINE · reported crime

21.6

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

0beaches

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

8°C–29°C

Observed range · August 2025 – August 2026

Coolest: mean daily low, November 2025 · Warmest: mean daily high, August 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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Tâmega e Sousa at a glance

Tâmega e Sousa is the NUTS-III sub-region immediately inland from the Porto metropolitan area, following the Tâmega and Sousa river valleys south and east of the city. Its main municipalities — Penafiel, Amarante, Felgueiras, Lousada, Paços de Ferreira, Marco de Canaveses and Baião — mix a long-established manufacturing base (furniture around Paços de Ferreira, footwear and textiles around Felgueiras) with vineyards, farmland and Romanesque heritage.

For buyers it reads as the affordable commuter and lifestyle hinterland of Porto: the motorway network and the Douro rail line put much of it within a manageable drive of the city, while transacted prices sit well below the metropolitan area. The figures above are the official medians published for the sub-region itself, with full provenance — not an average synthesised from its municipalities. Each municipality also has its own page with its own concelho-level figures.

What are the rules and costs in Tâmega e Sousa?

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 Tâmega e Sousa — 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) is a modest part of the picture here compared with Porto or the coast, but it exists around Amarante, the Douro-facing parts of Baião and Marco de Canaveses, and the Romanesque route. AL is regulated at the municipal level under the national regime (Decreto-Lei 128/2014, as amended); registration requirements, and any contention-style restrictions on new registrations, are set concelho 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) — rates across the Tâmega e Sousa municipalities are set independently and can differ from one another and from Porto. 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 Tâmega e Sousa

How much does property cost per square metre in Tâmega e Sousa?
In Tâmega e Sousa, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,234 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 Tâmega e Sousa?
In Tâmega e Sousa, the median bank appraisal value is about €1,570 per square metre for flats and €1,356 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 €1,452 per square metre for newly built homes and €1,136 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 Tâmega e Sousa?
In Tâmega e Sousa, the median new-lease rent — what tenants pay to let, a separate measure from any sale or asking price — is about €4.66 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
What is the climate like in Tâmega e Sousa?
Over the August 2025 – August 2026 climate observations available for Tâmega e Sousa's anchor municipality, the mean daily low reached about 8.4°C (in November 2025) and the mean daily high about 28.9°C (in August 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 Tâmega e Sousa?
Tâmega e Sousa's anchor municipality records about 21.6 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 Tâmega e Sousa have?
Tâmega e Sousa's anchor municipality reports medical doctors per 1,000 inhabitants: 3.8 doctors/1k inhab., reference period S7A2025; pharmacies per 1,000 inhabitants: 0.2 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 Tâmega e Sousa?
Tâmega e Sousa's anchor municipality reports fixed broadband internet accesses: 25,043 accesses, reference period S7A2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.
How many Blue Flag beaches does Tâmega e Sousa have?
Tâmega e Sousa's anchor municipality reports blue flag beaches (regional total): 0 beaches (regional total, shared across the surrounding region), reference period S7A2026. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal.

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Municipalities in Tâmega e Sousa

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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