Where you live

Porto

Portugal

7.48of 10

⇄

Comparing with

Lisbon

Portugal

7.55of 10

+ 3rd place

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Result

Lisbon wins 2 of 5

The biggest gap is in cultural integration.

Financial—+0.04.7 × 4.7

Safety—+0.08.4 × 8.4

Currency—+0.09.3 × 9.3

QualityLisbon+0.27.8 × 8.0

IntegrationLisbon+0.49.6 × 10.0

Criterion by criterion

The 15 sub-criteria. The stronger bar belongs to the winner.

PortoLisbon

Financial environmentweight 30%

6.0

Tax burden

6.0

2.0

Cost of living

2.0

7.0

Ease of doing business

7.0

5.0

Investment returns

5.0

Stability and safetyweight 25%

8.0

Entry and residence

8.0

Political and social stability

8.0

10.0

Personal and property safety

10.0

Currency strengthweight 20%

10.0

Currency stability

10.0

9.0

Strength against the dollar

9.0

8.0

Purchasing power

8.0

Quality of lifeweight 15%

9.0

Infrastructure and services

9.0

6.0

Culture and lifestyle

6.0

8.0

Environmental quality

9.0

Cultural integrationweight 10%

10.0

Language and communication

10.0

9.0

Communities and support networks

10.0

Your money in both places

1 person, including rent

Your monthly income US$ if you kept the same income (remote work or retirement)

Porto

your income

US$ 1,918

Lisbon

US$ 2,260

RentGroceriesTransportHealthUtilitiesLeisure

In Porto, shortUS$ 465a month

In Lisbon, shortUS$ 807a month

How much of your work each thing costs

In hours of work, with your income and 40 hours a week.

PortoLisbon

Taxes

For an income of US$ 1,453 a month

Days of the year working for taxes

Porto

123 days

Lisbon

125 days

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Both take about the same share of your income in taxes.

What the State costs you

	Porto	Lisbon
Income tax and social security	26%	26%
Tax on purchases	8%	8%
Paid twice (health insurance)	1%	1%
Total cost of the State	35%	36%

Paid twice: the health insurance you pay on top of taxes. Tax on purchases: the consumption tax rate applied to groceries, transport, utilities and leisure in the cost-of-living basket. Computed without deductions, with each place's official table and the Central Bank of Brazil exchange rate. In Rikezas it uses your real spending.

Sources: cgd.pt (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · pwc.pt (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · santander.pt (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · saudeprime.pt (pesquisa conferida) ↗

Everyday life

What matters day to day

Language

PortoPortuguese

LisbonPortuguese

Currency

PortoEUR

LisbonEUR

Time zone

PortoUTC+0

LisbonUTC+0

Population

Porto267,236 (2023)

Lisbon655,542 (2023)

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