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IMI in Lagos: the rate is set per parish

The municipality of Lagos (Faro district) does not set a single IMI rate: it sets one per freguesia. So there is no figure here — printing a zero would be printing something untrue. Your own rate is on the Autoridade Tributária bill and at the câmara municipal.

Updated on

New developments in Lagos: 2 projects, from 820 000 €

Why there is no figure

8 of the 308 municipalities do not report a single rate to the Autoridade Tributária: they report one per freguesia. The cell stays empty and we say why, instead of filling it with a zero nobody pays.

Lagos on the map

Lagos among neighbouring municipalities (Faro district)

The municipality of Lagos is highlighted. Neighbours in the same district link to their IMI rate pages.

Administrative boundaries: CAOP, Direção-Geral do Território (DGT).

Lagos on the map of Portugal

Lagos on the map of Portugal

Lagos and the nearest municipalities

Lagos: 40 729 residents (INE, 2025); new homes licensed in 2025: 210.

The 5 municipalities whose centre is closest to the centre of Lagos, side by side:

MunicipalityDistanceIMI 2025€/m² (sales)New homes per 1,000 residents
Lagos — 3 949 € 5.16
Portimão 13 km 0,37 % 3 259 € 7.60
Lagoa (Algarve) 20 km 0,36 % 3 371 € 4.62
Vila do Bispo 21 km 0,3 % 3 189 € 5.65
Silves 23 km 0,3 % 2 860 € 1.24
Monchique 25 km 0,3 % 1 628 € 1.07

IMI: Tax Authority (AT), 2025. €/m²: INE, median of sales over the 12 months to Q2 2026. New homes: INE, dwellings licensed in new residential buildings in 2025, per 1,000 residents. “—”: no figure for this period.

How the rate changed

Lagos set no single rate in any of the verified years — it sets one per freguesia, so there is no series to show.

Median price per m² in Lagos

In Lagos the median sale value of family dwellings was 3 949 € per m². It is a 12-month median; the last quarter counted is Q2 2026.

  • New housing only: 4 153 € per m².
  • Existing housing only: 3 810 € per m².
  • Flats only: 3 868 € per m².

It is the price paid in sales recorded by the Tax Authority, not asking prices — and not a valuation of your home: half the sales were above it, half below.

Source: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estatística, «Estatísticas de preços da habitação ao nível local». INE data as of 2026-10-23. Licence CC BY 4.0.

Purchasing power in Lagos

Purchasing power per capita in Lagos is 94.37, on a scale where Portugal = 100 (2021).

100 is the national average; it is not income or salary but an INE index.

Source: INE — Municipal purchasing power study. Indicator 0008614. INE data updated on 2023-11-06. CC BY 4.0 licence.

The figures are INE's, under CC BY 4.0 — reuse them by crediting INE. The way we present them here may be copied as long as you credit the source with a link to flatin.pt. Better still, link to this page: that way the reader can check the number. Terms of use

New homes, stage by stage

From the case filed with the council to the home for sale: what is known about house building in this municipality. Each row has its own period and source.

No data collected What we have for this municipality Building cases: no data (we do not collect open data for this municipality yet)Energy pre-certificates (ADENE): fullDwellings licensed (INE): fullDwellings completed (INE): fullDevelopments in the catalogue: fullLicensing time: no data (we do not collect open data for this municipality yet)Income per tax household (INE): fullNew-build price (INE): full

Stage Number Period Per 1,000 res. On a year earlier
Building-works cases filed with the council — — — —
Energy pre-certificates for new homes (ADENE) 306 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 7.51 −14%
Dwellings licensed, last 12 months (INE) 230 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 5.65 +76%
Dwellings licensed in the year (INE) 210 2025 5.16 +25%
Dwellings completed in the year (INE) 254 2025 INE estimate 6.24 −7%
Units for sale in our catalogue 6 31.10.2026
Catalogue developments with no published price 1 31.10.2026
Completed 2023–2025 against licensed 2021–2023 (lag of 2 years) 87% INE estimate

Sources: municipal councils (cases), ADENE (pre-certificates), INE (dwellings licensed and completed, population), the flatin.pt catalogue. Compare with other municipalities

In the same district

Rates in the other municipalities of Faro district:

See all 308 municipalities

Common questions

What is the IMI rate in Lagos?
There is no single rate: Lagos sets one per freguesia. Your own rate is on the Autoridade Tributária bill.
When is IMI paid in Lagos?
The 2025 IMI bill arrives in February-April 2026. Up to 100 €, one instalment in May; above 100 €, two (May and November); above 500 €, three (May, August and November).
What IMI rate do the municipalities nearest to Lagos charge?
Portimão 0,37 %, Lagoa (Algarve) 0,36 %, Vila do Bispo 0,3 %, Silves 0,3 %, Monchique 0,3 %.

How IMI works

What the municipality decides and what the law decides

The law sets the urban rate between 0,3 % and 0,45 % and the rural rate at 0,8 % (CIMI, article 112.º). The municipal assembly picks the rate every year, for the whole municipality or per freguesia; if no decision reaches the Tax Authority by 31 December, the minimum applies.

The 2025 bill arrives between February and April 2026. Up to 100 € it is paid in May; up to 500 € in May and November; above that in May, August and November. Below 10 € nothing is charged.

Articles of the IMI Code on the Autoridade Tributária portal, checked on 2026-09-14:

The law in full, with every article number

Portal das Finanças, Consultar taxas de IMI — table checked line by line on 2026-09-12

The full table as open data: CSV, API and licence

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