Cost of Living Comparison

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Texas is 33.7% more expensive than Portugal.

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

pay 17.3% more for restaurants

	Portugal	Texas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.35 €8.20	$12.27	+31.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.48 €6.56	$7.25	-3.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.55 €1.36	$1.81	+17.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.13 €0.99	$1.40	+23.9%
Average			+17.3%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of restaurants

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pay 71.3% more for groceries

	Portugal	Texas
Bread 1 loaf	$1.27 €1.12	$2.28	+79.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.24 €3.72	$5.02	+18.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.85 €2.50	$2.79	-2.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.99 €1.75	$2.01	+0.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.81 €2.46	$4.13	+47.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 €0.71	$1.92	+136.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.60 €0.53	$0.68	+13.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.65 €0.57	$1.59	+143.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.76 €0.66	$1.54	+102.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 €0.43	$1.19	+141.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.56 €0.49	$1.14	+104.0%
Average			+71.3%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of groceries

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pay 13.0% less for transportation

	Portugal	Texas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.85 €6.01	$2.15	-68.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$41.30 €36.22	$45.92	+11.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,767.32 €25,226.09	$22,016.06	-23.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.05 €9.69	$14.26	+29.0%
Average			-13.0%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of transportation

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pay 53.3% more for housing

	Portugal	Texas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$41.47 €36.37	$65.33	+57.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$627.98 €550.68	$1,009.85	+60.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$500.38 €438.79	$840.43	+68.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$97.00 €85.06	$123.00	+26.8%
Average			+53.3%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of housing

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pay 68.2% more for childcare

	Portugal	Texas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$395.49 €346.81	$745.43	+88.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,841.67 €6,876.37	$11,586.74	+47.8%
Average			+68.2%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of childcare

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pay 52.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Portugal	Texas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.12 €1.86	$3.77	+77.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.55 €1.36	$4.15	+166.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.01 €5.27	$6.85	+14.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$41.36 €36.27	$33.11	-20.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.96 €6.98	$10.02	+25.9%
Average			+52.9%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 14.2% less for clothing

	Portugal	Texas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.06 €71.96	$40.98	-50.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.14 €29.94	$34.18	+0.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.30 €68.66	$70.86	-9.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$90.69 €79.53	$93.03	+2.6%
Average			-14.2%

Portugal vs. Texas - Cost of clothing

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