After about a month here in Portugal I have now collected these price examples for “normal” living costs:
| STORE / SUPERMARKET (Pingo Doce) | ||
| 1,5 liter water bottle | 12 cent | |
| 1 liter juice | 1 euro | |
| 1 liter milk | 80 cent | |
| 1 liter local beer | 75 cent | |
| 75 cl local wine | 1 euro | |
| Rice | 70 cent | |
| 6 eggs | 60 cent | |
| 1 fresh big bread | 1-2 euro | |
| 1 kg bananas | 99 cent | |
| 1 kg tomatoes | 1,49 euro | |
| 1 kg apples | 1,49 euro | |
| 1 kg carrots | 49 cent | |
| 1 kg shrimps | 9 euro | |
| washing powder | 3-6 euro | |
| CAFE / PUB / RESTAURANT | ||
| Espresso | 0,50 – 1 euro | |
| Draft beer (33 cl) | 90 cent and up | |
| Lunch/dinner | 5 – 10 euro (not including drink) | |
| Orange juice | 1½ – 2½ euro | |
| TRANSPORT IN/AROUND LISBON | ||
| Local bus / metro | 90 cent + 50 cent to buy a rechargeable card (Carris/Metropolitano, zone 1) or 1,50 euro in the bus | |
| Local tram | 90 cent + 50 cent to buy a rechargeable card (Carris, zone 1) or 2,50 euro in the tram | |
| Ferries | 0,90 – 1,85 euro + 50 cent to buy a rechargeable card | |
| Train Lisbon to Cascais | 1,80 euro + 50 cent to buy a rechargeable card (one way, with Comboios de Portugal) | |
| Bus Lisbon to Porto | 18 euro (one way, with Renex) | |
| THE REST | ||
| Furnished apartment | 450-600 euro/month + electricity & water | |
| Room in shared apartment | 150-350 euro/month including electricity & water | |
| Mobile internet | 1 euro/hour is the only option here for short-term-contracts, not including modem. All other options requires 12-24 months contract. | |
| WIFI | Open WIFI networks can be found on the street on some places. In cafés and restaurants it is not so common with WIFI. There are a lot of internet cafés with computers that you can rent for 1 euro per hour, plus a wireless internet (FON_ZON_FREE_INTERNET) in most places for the same price. | |