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Renting in Porto or Braga: which is cheaper?

Braga is 40.7% cheaper than Porto: €8.38/m² against €14.13/m² (median of new leases, 2025). An 85 m² T2 costs about €1,065 in Porto and €700 in Braga.

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  • Official INE data 2020–2026
  • Up to Q2 2026
  • Updated 11 October 2026

New lease rents, not asking prices.

Key figures

Porto vs Braga at a glance

Median per m² in Braga vs Porto (2025)
−40.7%
85 m² T2 per month, Porto vs Braga (estimate)
€1,065 vs 700
Change in a year (2024 → 2025): Porto vs Braga
+7.0% vs +4.2%
National rank: Porto vs Braga
4th vs 47th

Side by side

Indicator Porto Braga Braga vs Porto
Median per m² (2025) €14.13/m² €8.38/m² −40.7%
85 m² T2 per month (estimate) €1,065 €700 −34.2%
Change 2024 → 2025 +7.0% +4.2% -2.7 p.p.
12 months to Q2 2026 €14.48/m² €8.68/m² −40.1%
Q2 2026 €14.66/m² €9.05/m² −38.3%
National rank 4th / 247 47th / 247
New leases (2025) 7,504 4,044 −46.1%

The last column is the second city against the first. The T2 rent is an Aluseg estimate (median per m² × size × 85 m²); every other figure is INE's.

Median rent per m² (2025)

  • Porto€14.13/m²
  • Braga€8.38/m²

Green = the cheaper one, amber = the dearer one. Bars start at zero.

An 85 m² T2 per month

  • Porto€1,065
  • Braga€700

Aluseg estimate for an 85 m² T2.

Trend

Since 2020: Porto and Braga

Median rent per m² of new leases, per year (€/m² a month). Source: INE.
  • Porto municipality
  • Braga municipality
  • Portugal
Show every year's values
YearPorto municipalityBraga municipalityPortugal
20208.97€/m²5.36€/m²5.79€/m²
20219.17€/m²5.50€/m²6.31€/m²
202210.37€/m²6.25€/m²6.88€/m²
202312.21€/m²7.22€/m²7.62€/m²
202413.21€/m²8.04€/m²8.47€/m²
202514.13€/m²8.38€/m²9.29€/m²

Since 2020, the median in Porto moved +57.5% and in Braga +56.3%: they rose at a similar pace.

Quarter by quarter

Median rent per m² of each quarter's new leases (€/m² a month). Source: INE (municipalities over 100,000 inhabitants).
  • Porto municipality
  • Braga municipality
  • Portugal
Show every quarter's values
QuarterPorto municipalityBraga municipalityPortugal
Q1 20209.09€/m²5.38€/m²5.63€/m²
Q2 20208.79€/m²5.19€/m²5.56€/m²
Q3 20208.94€/m²5.41€/m²5.86€/m²
Q4 20208.95€/m²5.34€/m²6.04€/m²
Q1 20218.67€/m²5.19€/m²5.89€/m²
Q2 20218.89€/m²5.47€/m²6.20€/m²
Q3 20219.45€/m²5.51€/m²6.38€/m²
Q4 20219.63€/m²5.72€/m²6.65€/m²
Q1 20229.55€/m²5.88€/m²6.45€/m²
Q2 202210.42€/m²6.10€/m²6.88€/m²
Q3 202210.65€/m²6.48€/m²6.95€/m²
Q4 202211.06€/m²6.67€/m²7.27€/m²
Q1 202311.33€/m²6.67€/m²7.01€/m²
Q2 202312.37€/m²7.00€/m²7.53€/m²
Q3 202312.54€/m²7.57€/m²7.81€/m²
Q4 202312.87€/m²7.50€/m²8.25€/m²
Q1 202412.33€/m²7.69€/m²7.76€/m²
Q2 202413.29€/m²7.92€/m²8.51€/m²
Q3 202413.33€/m²8.33€/m²8.67€/m²
Q4 202413.86€/m²8.24€/m²9.06€/m²
Q1 202513.64€/m²7.93€/m²8.67€/m²
Q2 202513.90€/m²8.33€/m²9.23€/m²
Q3 202514.06€/m²8.60€/m²9.49€/m²
Q4 202514.58€/m²8.67€/m²9.78€/m²
Q1 202614.60€/m²8.64€/m²9.46€/m²
Q2 202614.66€/m²9.05€/m²10.17€/m²

A single quarter has fewer leases and swings more than the annual series.

Monthly rent from T0 to T4

Size Reference area Porto Braga Braga vs Porto
T0 or T1 48 m² €785 €530 −32.7%
T2 85 m² €1,065 €700 −34.2%
T3 115 m² €1,275 €820 −35.5%
T4+ 145 m² €1,350 €965 −28.3%

Aluseg estimate: median €/m² (2025) adjusted by the gap between sizes INE measures and multiplied by a reference floor area. See the full note on the Porto and Braga pages.

What the numbers say

Which is cheaper. Braga is 40.7% cheaper than Porto: €8.38/m² against €14.13/m² (median of new leases, 2025). For an 85 m² T2 the gap is about €365 a month (€4,355 a year).

The trend. Between 2024 and 2025, the median rent in Porto moved +7.0% and in Braga +4.2%: Porto rose 2.7 percentage points faster. The dearer city is also the one rising faster, so the gap tends to widen.

The market. Porto ranks 4th of the 247 municipalities with INE data and Braga 47th; 7,504 new leases were filed in Porto and 4,044 in Braga in 2025.

In detail

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FAQ: Porto vs Braga

Where is renting cheaper: Porto or Braga?

Braga is 40.7% cheaper than Porto: €8.38/m² against €14.13/m² (median of new leases, 2025). An 85 m² T2 is about €1,065/month in Porto and €700/month in Braga (Aluseg estimate).

Are rents rising faster in Porto or Braga?

Between 2024 and 2025, the median moved +7.0% in Porto and +4.2% in Braga. Since 2020, the cumulative change is +57.5% and +56.3%.

Where do these figures come from?

From INE (local housing rent statistics): the median €/m² of new leases filed with the Tax Authority, not asking prices from listings. The T2 rent is an Aluseg estimate. You can compare any other municipality.

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Sources and methodology

Source: INE (Statistics Portugal), Estatísticas de Rendas da Habitação ao nível local (Metodologia 2026) (indicators 0014773, 0014772, 0014711, 0014696, 0014707, 0014706, 0014704). Rents of new lease contracts declared to the Tax Authority, not asking prices from listings. Years 2020 to 2025; last-12-month series up to Q2 2026.

What is an Aluseg estimate: monthly rent by size (median €/m² × INE ratio by size × reference area) and the floor-area calculator. Every other figure is INE's, unchanged. A value INE does not publish (too few leases) shows as n/p and is never filled in by us.

Maps: administrative boundaries from CAOP 2025, Direção-Geral do Território (Portugal), CC BY 4.0, simplified by Aluseg.

Data extracted from the INE API on 11 October 2026. Download every value as CSV · Aluseg Rent Index

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