The Complete Guide To Living In Portugal

For those of you looking or craving more information about life in Portugal will be pleased to know that our Legal Partner VIV Europe has compiled an extensive document to give you the facts.

With over 40 pages of information, it is far too large to feature in a blog, so here is a little snippet.

Part I

Why Portugal?

Portugal is a special country in many ways, among them, we can highlight the benefits arising from its location.

Portugal is situated in southwestern Europe, in the Iberian Peninsula.

This country has approximately 92 thousand km² and is bounded to the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. 

Some say that Portugal along with Spain, Italy and Greece have the most pleasant climates on the European continent.

In the case of Portugal, its entire surface is located in the region classified as mild according to the Köppen-Geiger classification.

In practical terms, this means that the average temperature in Portugal is 16°C (60.8°F), being 18°C (64.4°F) in the south and

13°C (55.4°F) in the north of the country.

In addition to Climate, Portugal’s social and economic indexes point to the country with a High Development Index (HDI), as

determined by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Finally, Portugal occupies the 38th position in the human development ranking of 2020.

Some additional interesting information about Portugal:

• The life expectancy of its inhabitants is 81.9 years, one of the longest in the world.

• It has one of the best Healthcare systems in the world.

• It is a member of the European Union (EU), United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

(OECD).

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