🇵🇹 2 cities in Portugal, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 PortoBig city | $198 | $3,536 | €9.5 | €1.5 |
| 🇵🇹 LisbonBig city · coast | $237 | $4,855 | €11 | €2 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $198 and $237 a day depending on the city — about $217 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $3,536–$4,855 by city, about $4,196 on average.
By daily budget, Porto ($198/day) is the cheapest and Lisbon ($237/day) the most expensive.