Cost of living comparison
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Portugal vs. Timor-Leste Cost of Living Summary
Portugal is 9.4% more expensive than Timor-Leste overall.
Portugal vs. Timor-Leste Cost Breakdown
If you lived in Portugal instead of Timor-Leste, you would:
pay 54.9% more for restaurants
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.00
|
$13.01
€11.58
|
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$9.54
€8.49
|
|
| Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.67
|
$1.90
€1.69
|
|
| Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.83
|
$1.44
€1.28
|
|
Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of restaurants
pay 3.6% more for groceries
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.48
|
$1.56
€1.39
|
|
| Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.00
|
$5.65
€5.03
|
|
| Milk (1 gallon) |
$8.80
|
$4.09
€3.64
|
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.70
|
$3.28
€2.92
|
|
| Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.31
|
$3.42
€3.04
|
|
| Apples (1 lb) |
$1.51
|
$1.02
€0.91
|
|
| Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.83
|
$0.65
€0.58
|
|
| Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.13
|
$0.83
€0.74
|
|
| Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.06
|
$1.09
€0.97
|
|
| Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.55
|
$0.79
€0.70
|
|
| Onions (1 lb) |
$0.53
|
$0.87
€0.77
|
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Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of groceries
pay 33.6% more for transportation
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.34
|
$7.95
€7.08
|
|
| Monthly public transit pass |
$30.00
|
$37.81
€33.65
|
|
| New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$18,000.00
|
$33,409.36
€29,735.53
|
|
| Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$32.70
|
$12.87
€11.46
|
|
Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of transportation
pay 4.2% more for housing
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
?? |
$39.38
€35.05
|
|
| 1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$828.75
|
$962.54
€856.70
|
|
| 1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$753.75
|
$770.06
€685.38
|
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$114.71
|
$94.27
€83.91
|
|
Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of housing
pay 53.8% less for childcare
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,500.00
|
$491.62
€437.56
|
|
| Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$16,000.00
|
$10,398.72
€9,255.23
|
|
Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of childcare
pay about the same for entertainment and sports
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.50
|
$2.77
€2.46
|
|
| Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.12
|
$2.05
€1.83
|
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.00
|
$6.15
€5.47
|
|
| Monthly membership at local gym |
$50.00
|
$43.95
€39.11
|
|
| Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
|
$8.25
€7.34
|
Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of entertainment and sports
pay 33.6% more for clothing
|
Timor-Leste
|
Portugal
|
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$60.00
|
$80.47
€71.62
|
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$30.00
|
$37.54
€33.41
|
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$80.00
|
$86.61
€77.08
|
|
| Men's business shoes (leather) |
$60.00
|
$105.16
€93.60
|
|
Timor-Leste vs. Portugal - Cost of clothing
We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this
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