What will life in Portugal cost each month?
Estimate your monthly costs by city and household: rent, bills, groceries, transport, school fees and health cover.
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Rent: idealista rental price report for September 2026 (median asking rent per m² in each city, published 2 Oct 2026), applied to a typical 80 m² two-bedroom (T2) and scaled to other sizes by the bedroom ratios in Brains Real Estate Q2 2026 asking rents; value and prime use the spread between districts in Madrid and Barcelona from the same Brains tables. State schools are free: see Schools in Portugal. For the cash you need up front, use the moving fund calculator.
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How this calculator works
- Choose adults, children, city, area, health cover, state or international school and cars
- It estimates rent, bills, groceries, transport, health insurance and school fees each month, in euros and pounds
- Figures come from the sources listed in our cost of living guide, with the date we last checked them
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