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Senegal vs. Portugal Cost of Living Summary

Senegal is 0.0% more expensive than Portugal overall.

Restaurants: pay 31.9% less in Senegal
Groceries: pay 12.5% more in Senegal
Transportation: pay 39.9% more in Senegal
Housing: pay 3.0% less in Senegal
Childcare: pay 39.0% less in Senegal
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.2% more in Senegal
Clothing: pay 8.6% more in Senegal

The cost of transportation, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing in Senegal are more expensive than in Portugal. Expenses including childcare, restaurants, and housing are lower in Senegal.

Senegal vs. Portugal Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Senegal instead of Portugal, you would:

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pay 31.9% less for restaurants

	Portugal	Senegal
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$13.13 €11.31	$4.92 F CFA2,778	-62.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.44 €8.12	$10.46 F CFA5,909	+10.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.93 €1.66	$0.89 F CFA505	-53.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.40 €1.20	$1.09 F CFA613	-22.2%
Average			-31.9%

Portugal vs. Senegal - Cost of restaurants

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pay 12.5% more for groceries

	Portugal	Senegal
Bread 1 loaf	$1.52 €1.31	$0.64 F CFA361	-58.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.73 €4.93	$6.44 F CFA3,636	+12.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.12 €3.55	$9.55 F CFA5,391	+131.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.14 €2.70	$2.81 F CFA1,586	-10.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.42 €2.94	$4.40 F CFA2,483	+28.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.06 €0.91	$1.27 F CFA718	+20.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.68 €0.58	$0.85 F CFA481	+25.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.84 €0.73	$1.21 F CFA684	+43.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.17 €1.00	$0.98 F CFA553	-16.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.74 €0.64	$0.69 F CFA392	-6.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.90 €0.77	$0.59 F CFA331	-34.9%
Average			+12.5%

Portugal vs. Senegal - Cost of groceries

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pay 39.9% more for transportation

	Portugal	Senegal
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.46 €6.42	$6.70 F CFA3,785	-10.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.12 €33.67	$80.49 F CFA45,451	+105.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,916.24 €30,056.14	$37,116.17 F CFA21M	+6.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.78 €11.00	$20.12 F CFA11,363	+57.5%
Average			+39.9%

Portugal vs. Senegal - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.0% less for housing

	Portugal	Senegal
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$41.01 €35.30	$48.58 F CFA27,432	+18.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$954.63 €821.76	$940.87 F CFA531K	-1.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$787.92 €678.24	$364.90 F CFA206K	-53.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$95.92 €82.56	$119.46 F CFA67,453	+24.5%
Average			-3.0%

Portugal vs. Senegal - Cost of housing

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pay 39.0% less for childcare

	Portugal	Senegal
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$512.86 €441.48	$268.31 F CFA152K	-47.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,479.69 €9,020.99	$7,289.08 F CFA4M	-30.4%
Average			-39.0%

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pay 13.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Portugal	Senegal
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.56 €2.20	$2.68 F CFA1,515	+4.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.05 €1.76	$4.47 F CFA2,526	+118.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.30 €5.42	$1.79 F CFA1,010	-71.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.69 €38.47	$50.08 F CFA28,280	+12.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.76 €7.54	$8.94 F CFA5,050	+2.2%
Average			+13.2%

Portugal vs. Senegal - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 8.6% more for clothing

	Portugal	Senegal
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.22 €70.78	$52.32 F CFA29,543	-36.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.56 €34.05	$47.70 F CFA26,934	+20.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$89.53 €77.06	$110.31 F CFA62,284	+23.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.44 €89.04	$131.17 F CFA74,068	+26.8%
Average			+8.6%

Portugal vs. Senegal - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2026

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