Cost of living comparison
Portugal is 21.2% cheaper than Texas.
If you lived in Portugal instead of Texas, you would:
pay 27.7% less for restaurants
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$15.50
|
$9.57
€8.82
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.51
|
$7.35
€6.77
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.13
|
$1.54
€1.42
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.65
|
$1.14
€1.05
|
|
pay 41.6% less for groceries
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.81
|
$1.30
€1.20
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.28
|
$4.41
€4.06
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.60
|
$3.12
€2.88
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.02
|
$2.31
€2.13
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.98
|
$2.77
€2.55
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.01
|
$0.81
€0.75
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.68
|
$0.59
€0.55
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.68
|
$0.68
€0.62
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
|
$0.84
€0.77
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.23
|
$0.52
€0.48
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.15
|
$0.59
€0.55
|
|
pay 34.1% more for transportation
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
|
$7.86
€7.24
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$56.21
|
$38.99
€35.90
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,909.84
|
$28,824.46
€26,545.88
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$14.11
|
$10.59
€9.75
|
|
pay 43.7% less for housing
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$71.26
|
$39.30
€36.19
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,311.15
|
$706.14
€650.32
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,059.56
|
$551.18
€507.61
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$139.47
|
$89.45
€82.38
|
|
pay 47.5% less for childcare
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$969.04
|
$353.18
€325.26
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,614.33
|
$7,965.43
€7,335.77
|
|
pay 31.6% less for entertainment and sports
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.69
|
$2.08
€1.91
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.35
|
$1.53
€1.41
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$7.40
|
$5.56
€5.12
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$32.42
|
$38.08
€35.07
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.69
|
$7.48
€6.89
|
|
pay 9.7% more for clothing
Texas
|
Portugal
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$43.97
|
$76.28
€70.25
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$33.07
|
$33.29
€30.65
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$75.10
|
$69.03
€63.58
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$112.97
|
$82.02
€75.54
|
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