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Town · Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal

Porto Santo

Retiring to Porto Santo, in Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal, from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Average temperatures run 16°C in the coolest quarter and 21.6°C in the warmest. Rent, electricity and groceries for a couple come to USD $921 a month, from official sources.

Sources: CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al., 2010 · Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, 2026-09-29

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Rent, power & groceries USD $921 Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources · monthly, for a couple · as of 2026-09-29 · utilities, transport and everyday spending are not included. The breakdown is below.
Climate 71° / 61°F Warmest- and coldest-quarter means · 22° / 16°C · CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.

Porto Santo in pictures

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Local data

Official, dated figures — sources shown. Not forecasts.

Cost of living

What official sources price for this town · monthly, for a couple · in US dollars at the stored exchange rate · as of 2026-09-29

USD $921 / month

Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, as of 2026-09-29 — not the whole cost of living.

Rent
USD $780

EUR €698 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Rent, Rent paid (official) · median · INE Portugal, Estatísticas de Rendas da Habitação ao nível local (CC BY 4.0) · 2026-09-29

Electricity
USD $68

EUR €61 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Electricity (250 kWh/month, country figure) · Eurostat, electricity prices for household consumers (nrg_pc_204), band DC (2,500–4,999 kWh/yr), all taxes · 2026-10-07

Groceries
USD $73

EUR €66 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Groceries (9-item basket, monthly, couple) · Observatório dos Mercados Agrícolas e Importações / INE — preços médios · 2026-10-06

Public healthcare cost: shown under Residency and healthcare on the Portugal page, with its age bands — beside the total, not in it, because only some countries publish a public-healthcare fee.

Rent — which figure, how it is measured, and the others we hold

Rent

Rent paid · new leases USD $780 per month · 80 m² home
EUR €698 per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Restated for an 80 m² home. From the source figure: EUR €8.73 per m² per month — the source's median rent per m² × 80 USD $0.91 per ft² per month 12 months to June 2026 · 36 new leases · whole municipality INE Portugal, Estatísticas de Rendas da Habitação ao nível local (CC BY 4.0) · figure for 2026
Which figure, and the others we hold Rent paid · new leases — what tenants agreed on leases signed recently All homes, new leases Rent paid (official) · median
Asking rent Not yet measured by the current method. Rent is measured one way in every country: 2-bedroom, unfurnished, 12-month-or-longer leases, asking rent net of utilities, from listings inside the town's own footprint, published as the 10th–75th percentile band with its median from at least 30 listings (10 to 29 widen the band; below 10, no figure). No figure has been harvested for this town yet.
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Porto Santo — rent", https://expatalmanac.com/portugal/regiao-autonoma-da-madeira/porto-santo, figures as of 2026; original data: INE Portugal, Estatísticas de Rendas da Habitação ao nível local (CC BY 4.0).

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Median rent per square meter on new leases signed in the last 12 months across the municipality — INE, Portugal's statistics office.

How rent is measured

Median rent per square meter on new leases signed in the last 12 months across the municipality — INE, Portugal's statistics office. Rent PAID, not asked: the median rent per square meter of NEW leases of family dwellings over the last 12 months, from lease declarations to the Portuguese Tax Authority (Imposto do Selo, Modelo 2), published by INE (methodology 2026, CC BY 4.0), over the whole municipality. It is a rate per m², not a monthly rent: multiply by the floor area you want. New leases only, so it reflects current market rents. Compares within Portugal only.

Utilities other than electricity, transport, everyday spending and eating out are not included: no official source prices them for each town.

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Figures for two adults; verify current prices locally. Not a forecast.

Homicide

Deaths by assault, from death certificates · the same definition in every country

Fewer than 10 homicides in 5 years Porto Santo municipality figure
How we know this Population ~6,000 · 2020–2024. Below the ranked set of 9 Portuguese municipalities with 10 or more in 2020–2024. Registered deaths of residents whose underlying cause is assault (ICD-10 X85–Y09 and Y87.1), pooled 2020–2024 · INE Portugal, Óbitos por causas de morte, item 64 (indicators 0008206, 0013166), by município of residence · population: INE Portugal, População média anual residente (indicators 0012915, 0008268), 2020–2024 · read 2026-09-24
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Porto Santo — homicide", https://expatalmanac.com/portugal/regiao-autonoma-da-madeira/porto-santo, figures as of 2026; original data: INE Portugal, Óbitos por causas de morte, item 64 (indicators 0008206, 0013166), by município of residence; INE Portugal, População média anual residente (indicators 0012915, 0008268), 2020–2024.

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Getting to care

Road minutes from the town — pharmacies measured the same way in every country, hospitals against each country's own register

Nearest pharmacy
1.4 min by road

Nearest: Porto Santo (OpenStreetMap node/4976862921), 0.87 km by road.

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM · measured Sep 23, 2026

Nearest hospital
No SNS emergency service lies within 60 km: Porto Santo is an island, and the nearest one listed is in Funchal, across the sea on Madeira — measured, not missing.
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Getting to care", https://expatalmanac.com/portugal/regiao-autonoma-da-madeira/porto-santo, figures as of 2026; original data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM.

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Measured over the whole municipality

The figures in this card are computed over the whole municipality, about 43 km², not at a single point in the center.

Elevation
-4–504 m
Kind of place
Rural
People in this area (modeled)
4,644
Distance to the sea
reaches the coast
Air quality, typical (PM2.5)
5.6 µg/m³ WHO guideline 5
Slope, typical range
2.5–27.8°
Coldest quarter, average
16°C (61°F)
Warmest quarter, average
21.6°C (71°F)
Driest quarter, rainfall
23 mm
Wettest quarter, rainfall
238 mm
Least humid month
60%
Most humid month
65%
Sources (9)
GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint 2020 GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint 2020 OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint 2026 SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted 2024 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus 2021 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline 2021 CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Measured over the town", https://expatalmanac.com/portugal/regiao-autonoma-da-madeira/porto-santo, figures as of 2010; original data: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus; Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline; GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint; GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint; OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint; SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted; CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al.

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Portugal — residency and healthcare at a glance

  • Retirement residence route: Visto de residência D7 (reforma ou rendimentos passivos) — D7 residence visa for retirement or passive income MNE (Portugal) visa portal: national visa for retirement / passive income (D7) · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Public healthcare: No fee What a registered resident pays to use Portugal's national health service: no enrollment fee and no user charges.
    How this is measured

    Portugal's national health service (SNS) charges a resident registered with it no enrollment fee and, since 1 June 2022, no user charges, except a hospital emergency visit made without SNS referral that does not end in admission (Decreto-Lei n.º 37/2022). The figure is that fee: zero, per person.

    Decreto-Lei n.º 37/2022, de 27 de maio (Diário da República) — SNS user charges · checked Oct 6, 2026
  • Prices against the world average (World = 100): Food 117.8 · overall average 104.8 national, at 2021 prices · World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Residency and healthcare in Portugal", https://expatalmanac.com/portugal/regiao-autonoma-da-madeira/porto-santo, figures as of 2021; original data: MNE (Portugal) visa portal: national visa for retirement / passive income (D7); Decreto-Lei n.º 37/2022, de 27 de maio (Diário da República) — SNS user charges; World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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How far is Porto Santo from home?

Nearest airportthe one that serves Porto Santo

Porto Santo Airport (PXO), at Vila Baleira. Chosen as the quickest drive of the 2 airports within 250 km that have scheduled flights and a runway of at least 1,800 m (computed 2026-09-21).

Getting to PXO: about 8 min by road, 5.2 km — a real road route, not a straight line. OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM, 2026

Depends on where you fly fromdrive + estimated flight · each country's capital and largest cities
From Australia · from ~20h 53m
  • Perth PER ~20h 53m est. flight ~20h 45m est. · 15,581 km / 9,682 mi straight line
  • Adelaide ADL ~23h 38m est. flight ~23h 30m est. · 17,697 km / 10,996 mi straight line
  • Melbourne MEL ~24h 23m est. flight ~24h 15m est. · 18,238 km / 11,333 mi straight line
  • Brisbane BNE ~25h 08m est. flight ~25h est. · 18,823 km / 11,696 mi straight line
  • Sydney SYD ~25h 08m est. flight ~25h est. · 18,855 km / 11,716 mi straight line
From Austria · from ~4h 53m
  • Linz LNZ ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,047 km / 1,894 mi straight line
  • Graz GRZ ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,087 km / 1,918 mi straight line
  • Vienna VIE ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,208 km / 1,993 mi straight line
From Belgium · from ~4h 08m
  • Charleroi CRL ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,574 km / 1,599 mi straight line
  • Brussels BRU ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,607 km / 1,620 mi straight line
  • Liège LGG ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,640 km / 1,640 mi straight line
From Bulgaria · from ~5h 38m
  • Sofia SOF ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,613 km / 2,245 mi straight line
  • Plovdiv PDV ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,727 km / 2,316 mi straight line
  • Varna VAR ~5h 53m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,974 km / 2,469 mi straight line
From Canada · from ~7h 23m
  • Montreal YUL ~7h 23m est. flight ~7h 15m est. · 5,016 km / 3,117 mi straight line
  • Ottawa YOW ~7h 38m est. flight ~7h 30m est. · 5,168 km / 3,211 mi straight line
  • Toronto YYZ ~7h 53m est. flight ~7h 45m est. · 5,505 km / 3,421 mi straight line
  • Calgary YYC ~10h 38m est. flight ~10h 30m est. · 7,697 km / 4,783 mi straight line
  • Vancouver YVR ~11h 38m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,368 km / 5,200 mi straight line
From Croatia · from ~4h 38m
  • Rijeka RJK ~4h 38m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,964 km / 1,842 mi straight line
  • Split SPU ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,053 km / 1,897 mi straight line
  • Zagreb ZAG ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,092 km / 1,921 mi straight line
From Cyprus · from ~6h 38m
  • Limassol PFO ~6h 38m est. flight ~6h 30m est. · 4,466 km / 2,775 mi straight line
  • Nicosia LCA ~6h 38m est. flight ~6h 30m est. · 4,564 km / 2,836 mi straight line
From Czechia · from ~4h 53m
  • Prague PRG ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,136 km / 1,949 mi straight line
  • Brno BRQ ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,256 km / 2,023 mi straight line
  • Ostrava OSR ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,373 km / 2,096 mi straight line
From Denmark · from ~5h 08m
  • Odense ODE ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,233 km / 2,009 mi straight line
  • Aarhus AAR ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,306 km / 2,054 mi straight line
  • Copenhagen CPH ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,359 km / 2,087 mi straight line
From Estonia · from ~6h 23m
  • Tallinn TLL ~6h 23m est. flight ~6h 15m est. · 4,198 km / 2,608 mi straight line
  • Tartu TAY ~6h 23m est. flight ~6h 15m est. · 4,245 km / 2,638 mi straight line
From Finland · from ~6h 08m
  • Turku TKU ~6h 08m est. flight ~6h est. · 4,128 km / 2,565 mi straight line
  • Tampere TMP ~6h 23m est. flight ~6h 15m est. · 4,241 km / 2,635 mi straight line
  • Helsinki HEL ~6h 23m est. flight ~6h 15m est. · 4,248 km / 2,640 mi straight line
From France · from ~3h 53m
  • Lyon LYS ~3h 53m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,305 km / 1,433 mi straight line
  • Paris CDG ~3h 53m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,364 km / 1,469 mi straight line
  • Lille LIL ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,510 km / 1,560 mi straight line
From Germany · from ~4h 23m
  • Essen DUS ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,757 km / 1,713 mi straight line
  • Munich MUC ~4h 38m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,890 km / 1,796 mi straight line
  • Berlin BER ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,207 km / 1,993 mi straight line
From Greece · from ~5h 23m
  • Thessaloniki SKG ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,567 km / 2,216 mi straight line
  • Athens ATH ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,659 km / 2,273 mi straight line
  • Heraklion HER ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,800 km / 2,361 mi straight line
From Hungary · from ~5h 08m
  • Gyor LHPR ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,278 km / 2,037 mi straight line
  • Budapest BUD ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,377 km / 2,099 mi straight line
  • Debrecen DEB ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,551 km / 2,206 mi straight line
From Ireland · from ~3h 38m
  • Cork ORK ~3h 38m est. flight ~3h 30m est. · 2,181 km / 1,355 mi straight line
  • Galway SNN ~3h 53m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,262 km / 1,406 mi straight line
  • Dublin DUB ~3h 53m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,401 km / 1,492 mi straight line
From Italy · from ~4h 08m
  • Milan MXP ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,552 km / 1,586 mi straight line
  • Rome FCO ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,690 km / 1,671 mi straight line
  • Naples NAP ~4h 38m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,840 km / 1,765 mi straight line
From Latvia · from ~6h 08m
  • Riga RIX ~6h 08m est. flight ~6h est. · 4,036 km / 2,508 mi straight line
From Lithuania · from ~5h 53m
  • Klaipėda PLQ ~5h 53m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,831 km / 2,381 mi straight line
  • Kaunas KUN ~5h 53m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,960 km / 2,461 mi straight line
  • Vilnius VNO ~6h 08m est. flight ~6h est. · 4,019 km / 2,498 mi straight line
From Luxembourg · from ~4h 08m
  • Luxembourg-Ville LUX ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,614 km / 1,624 mi straight line
From Malta · from ~4h 38m
  • Valletta MLA ~4h 38m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,833 km / 1,760 mi straight line
From Netherlands · from ~4h 23m
  • Rotterdam RTM ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,684 km / 1,668 mi straight line
  • Eindhoven EIN ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,694 km / 1,674 mi straight line
  • Amsterdam AMS ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,727 km / 1,695 mi straight line
From New Zealand · from ~24h 53m
  • Christchurch CHC ~24h 53m est. flight ~24h 45m est. · 18,623 km / 11,572 mi straight line
  • Wellington WLG ~24h 53m est. flight ~24h 45m est. · 18,669 km / 11,600 mi straight line
  • Auckland AKL ~25h 08m est. flight ~25h est. · 18,912 km / 11,751 mi straight line
From Norway · from ~5h 08m
  • Stavanger SVG ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,300 km / 2,051 mi straight line
  • Oslo OSL ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,617 km / 2,247 mi straight line
  • Trondheim TRD ~5h 53m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,871 km / 2,405 mi straight line
From Poland · from ~5h 23m
  • Katowice KTW ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,468 km / 2,155 mi straight line
  • Krakow KRK ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,500 km / 2,175 mi straight line
  • Warsaw WAW ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,657 km / 2,272 mi straight line
From Portugal · from ~0h 53m
  • Funchal FNC ~0h 53m est. flight ~0h 45m est. · 58 km / 36 mi straight line
  • Lisbon LIS ~2h 08m est. flight ~2h est. · 908 km / 564 mi straight line
  • Porto OPO ~2h 23m est. flight ~2h 15m est. · 1,134 km / 705 mi straight line
From Romania · from ~5h 23m
  • Timișoara TSR ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,492 km / 2,170 mi straight line
  • Cluj-Napoca CLJ ~5h 38m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,689 km / 2,292 mi straight line
  • Bucharest OTP ~5h 53m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,844 km / 2,389 mi straight line
From Slovakia · from ~5h 08m
  • Bratislava BTS ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,255 km / 2,022 mi straight line
  • Banská Bystrica SLD ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,406 km / 2,116 mi straight line
  • Košice KSC ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,555 km / 2,209 mi straight line
From Slovenia · from ~4h 38m
  • Ljubljana LJU ~4h 38m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,989 km / 1,857 mi straight line
  • Maribor MBX ~4h 53m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,087 km / 1,918 mi straight line
From South Africa · from ~11h 23m
  • Johannesburg JNB ~11h 23m est. flight ~11h 15m est. · 8,098 km / 5,032 mi straight line
  • Cape Town CPT ~11h 38m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,301 km / 5,158 mi straight line
  • Durban DUR ~11h 53m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,576 km / 5,329 mi straight line
From Spain · from ~2h 38m
  • Madrid MAD ~2h 38m est. flight ~2h 30m est. · 1,403 km / 872 mi straight line
  • Valencia VLC ~2h 53m est. flight ~2h 45m est. · 1,588 km / 987 mi straight line
  • Barcelona BCN ~3h 23m est. flight ~3h 15m est. · 1,866 km / 1,159 mi straight line
From Sweden · from ~5h 08m
  • Malmo MMX ~5h 08m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,390 km / 2,107 mi straight line
  • Gothenburg GOT ~5h 23m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,480 km / 2,162 mi straight line
  • Stockholm ARN ~5h 53m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,873 km / 2,407 mi straight line
From Switzerland · from ~3h 53m
  • Geneva GVA ~3h 53m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,402 km / 1,493 mi straight line
  • Bern ZRH ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,630 km / 1,634 mi straight line
From United Kingdom · from ~3h 53m
  • London LHR ~3h 53m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,416 km / 1,501 mi straight line
  • Birmingham BHX ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,452 km / 1,524 mi straight line
  • Manchester MAN ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,516 km / 1,563 mi straight line
  • Leeds LBA ~4h 08m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,586 km / 1,607 mi straight line
  • Glasgow GLA ~4h 23m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,697 km / 1,676 mi straight line
From United States of America · from ~7h 23m
  • New York City JFK ~7h 23m est. flight ~7h 15m est. · 5,088 km / 3,161 mi straight line
  • Philadelphia PHL ~7h 38m est. flight ~7h 30m est. · 5,225 km / 3,247 mi straight line
  • Washington, D.C. IAD ~7h 53m est. flight ~7h 45m est. · 5,433 km / 3,376 mi straight line
  • Miami MIA ~8h 53m est. flight ~8h 45m est. · 6,152 km / 3,823 mi straight line
  • Chicago ORD ~8h 53m est. flight ~8h 45m est. · 6,205 km / 3,855 mi straight line
  • Houston IAH ~10h 08m est. flight ~10h est. · 7,307 km / 4,540 mi straight line
  • Denver DEN ~10h 38m est. flight ~10h 30m est. · 7,603 km / 4,724 mi straight line
  • Las Vegas LAS ~11h 53m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,609 km / 5,349 mi straight line
  • Los Angeles LAX ~12h 23m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,987 km / 5,584 mi straight line
  • San Francisco SFO ~12h 23m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 9,049 km / 5,623 mi straight line

These are straight lines, not routes. Flight distances are measured airport to airport across the Earth's surface, from PXO to each destination's main airport. The drive to PXO is the exception: that one is a measured road route.

Estimated flying time is our own arithmetic, not a timetable: the straight-line distance flown at 780 km/h, plus 45 minutes for taxi, climb and descent, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. A real flight is longer than a straight line, and whether a nonstop exists at all changes by season and airline — check current schedules.

The 108 destinations above are a chosen list, not every city — the capital and the largest cities of each country we publish for, by population (up to ten for the United States, five for Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, three elsewhere). Two cities served by the same airport appear once. A city that is not on the list is not unusually far; it is simply not on the list.

Airport coordinates from OurAirports (public domain dataset), retrieved 2026-08-14.

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "How far is Porto Santo from home?", https://expatalmanac.com/portugal/regiao-autonoma-da-madeira/porto-santo, figures as of 2026; original data: OurAirports (public domain dataset); OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM.

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Orihuela Spain
Comunitat Valenciana
USD $503–$677 rent, power & groceries
03
Porto Santo Portugal
Região Autónoma da Madeira
USD $921 rent, power & groceries
Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources · as of 2026-09-29. Each town's page shows these lines with their own sources.

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