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Short answer

Cost signals across rent, transport, income, purchasing power and everyday expenses. This page uses country-level data for Portugal and links each visible figure to its recorded source.

Costs metrics for Portugal

Portugal — Cost of living
Metric Value Source Last updated
GDP per capita 29,292.24 USD/person World Bank Data
House price index QoQ 4.56 % Eurostat House Price Index quarterly dataset prc_hpi_q
House price index YoY 20.9 % Eurostat House Price Index quarterly dataset prc_hpi_q
Median monthly net salary 1,400 EUR/month Eurostat
Rent control active No boolean MigrationFit tenant protection registry from national law portals
Rental deposit norm 2 months_rent MigrationFit tenant protection registry from national law portals
cost_index_vs_capital_v2 84 index (EU27=100) Eurostat — Comparative price levels and HICP (prc_ppp_ind, prc_hicp_midx)
electricity_household_eur_per_kwh 0.28 EUR/kWh Eurostat — Household energy prices (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas)
gas_household_eur_per_kwh 0.1 EUR/kWh Eurostat — Household energy prices (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas)
groceries_monthly_eur 269 EUR/month Eurostat — Comparative price levels and HICP (prc_ppp_ind, prc_hicp_midx)
income_tax_employee_share_eur_year 8,668 EUR/year OECD — Taxing Wages (DF_TAXINGWAGES) tax wedge and net income
net_income_couple_eur_month 1,836 EUR/month OECD — Taxing Wages (DF_TAXINGWAGES) tax wedge and net income
net_income_eur_month 1,545 EUR/month OECD — Taxing Wages (DF_TAXINGWAGES) tax wedge and net income
net_income_family_eur_month 2,118 EUR/month OECD — Taxing Wages (DF_TAXINGWAGES) tax wedge and net income
price_level_index_groceries_eu27_2020 84 index (EU27=100) Eurostat — Comparative price levels and HICP (prc_ppp_ind, prc_hicp_midx)
social_contributions_employee_share_eur_year 7,092 EUR/year OECD — Taxing Wages (DF_TAXINGWAGES) tax wedge and net income
utilities_monthly_eur 76 EUR/month Eurostat — Household energy prices (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas)
vat_standard_percent 23 % INE — Instituto Nacional de Estatística

Official handoff

Use the official sources below to confirm current requirements before acting on this costs information.

City-level links

Lisbon

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Porto

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Sintra

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Cascais

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Loures

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Braga

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Almada

Portugal city data with local metrics and official sources.

Data export

Download Portugal costs JSON.

Official sources

  1. World Bank Data
  2. Eurostat House Price Index quarterly dataset prc_hpi_q
  3. Eurostat
  4. MigrationFit tenant protection registry from national law portals
  5. Eurostat — Comparative price levels and HICP (prc_ppp_ind, prc_hicp_midx)
  6. Eurostat — Household energy prices (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas)
  7. INE — Instituto Nacional de Estatística

FAQ

Is this legal, tax or medical advice?

No. This is a sourced data page. Confirm requirements with the official authority linked above.

Why can this page be noindex?

MigrationFit marks thin topic pages noindex until at least 8 publishable country-level metrics are available for this topic.

Where does the data come from?

Visible figures come from the same country-level metric registry and citation atoms used by the public country JSON export.