Cost of Living Guide

City comparison

Cost of living in Porto vs Tbilisi

One person needs about €1,526 a month in Porto and €884 in Tbilisi, rent included — Tbilisi is 42% cheaper overall.

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Porto
Portugal · 230K pop
vs
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Tbilisi
Georgia · 1.2M pop
Monthly rent (1BR)
€1,000€520
48% cheaper
Groceries / mo
€270€190
30% cheaper
Eating out (meal)
€11€8
27% cheaper
Internet (100mbps)
€33€20
39% cheaper
Avg salary (tech)
€2,100€1,500
29% lower
Coworking / mo
€150€90
40% cheaper
PortoTbilisi
Rent€1,000€520
Groceries€270€190
Transport€40€15
Utilities€95€75

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 Tbilisi the way you live in Porto on €3,000, you need

€1,738/ month net

42% less than today (-€1,262)

Porto today
Basket €1,526 · left over €1,474 (49%)
Tbilisi at the matched salary
Basket €884 · left over €854 (49%)

Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 170% over in Tbilisi (comfortable) vs 138% in Porto. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this

🇵🇹 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

🇬🇪 Tbilisi

One-year visa-free stays and the lowest cost base of any city we track in the region.

Monthly budget: €884

Sources: Geostat, CPI & average wages survey (2025) · 143 community reports

Should you move to Porto or Tbilisi?

On salary, Porto pays more for tech roles (€2,100 versus €1,500 a month), so the money left over after costs is €616 in Tbilisi at the top end.

Rent drives most of the gap: €1,000 in Porto against €520 in Tbilisi. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.

For remote workers, the nomad index scores Porto at 82 and Tbilisi at 72 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.

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