City comparison
Cost of living in Lisbon vs Porto
One person needs about €1,874 a month in Lisbon and €1,526 in Porto, rent included — Porto is 19% 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 Porto the way you live in Lisbon on €3,000, you need
€2,443/ month net
19% less than today (-€557)
- Lisbon today
- Basket €1,874 · left over €1,126 (38%)
- Porto at the matched salary
- Basket €1,526 · left over €917 (38%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 138% over in Porto (adequate) vs 128% in Lisbon. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇵🇹 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
🇵🇹 Porto
Lisbon's cheaper twin: same coast, same fibre, noticeably lower rent.
Monthly budget: €1,526
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
Should you move to Lisbon or Porto?
On salary, Lisbon pays more for tech roles (€2,400 versus €2,100 a month), so the money left over after costs is €574 in Porto at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €1,300 in Lisbon against €1,000 in Porto. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Lisbon at 83 and Porto at 82 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.