City comparison
Cost of living in Buenos Aires vs Lisbon
One person needs about €936 a month in Buenos Aires and €1,874 in Lisbon, rent included — Buenos Aires is 100% cheaper overall.
Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle
Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.
To live in Lisbon the way you live in Buenos Aires on €3,000, you need
€6,006/ month net
100% more than today (+€3,006)
- Buenos Aires today
- Basket €936 · left over €2,064 (69%)
- Lisbon at the matched salary
- Basket €1,874 · left over €4,132 (69%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 128% over in Lisbon (tight) vs 150% in Buenos Aires. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires
Very cheap in hard currency, with prices that move week to week.
Monthly budget: €936
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
🇵🇹 Lisbon
Visa-friendly and well connected, but local salaries lag far behind expat-driven rents.
Monthly budget: €1,874
Sources: Statistics Portugal (INE) + Eurostat, HICP & house-rent statistics (2025) · 331 community reports
Should you move to Buenos Aires or Lisbon?
On salary, Lisbon pays more for tech roles (€2,400 versus €1,400 a month), so the money left over after costs is €526 in Lisbon at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €550 in Buenos Aires against €1,300 in Lisbon. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Buenos Aires at 72 and Lisbon at 83 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.