Cost of Living in Guimarães, 🇵🇹 Portugal - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 31, 2026 Last changed Oct 31, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing 1 19 20 4 $1,190 $842 $1,122 $730 $102

Utilities 9 21 20 $60 $60 $138 $60 —

Internet & Mobile 5 6 4 $11 $62 $85 $62 $0

Groceries 2 18 $97 $242 $619 $193 $6

Transportation 3 7 $76 $59 $135 $32 $13

Dining Out 13 $673 $281 $449 $112 $34

Leisure Activities $250 $180 $900 $52 $20

Health Insurance 10 $67 $67 $200 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 11 $10 $10 $21 — —

Total $2,434 $1,803 $3,669 $1,241 $177

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 $729.60 $561 – $1,066 per month

Coworking Space 4 $123.47 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 $1,066.34 $954 – $1,066 per month

Coliving Space $663.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 2 $1.88 per cup

Beer 2 $2.64 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 13 $11.22 per meal

Fast Food Combo 12 $8.87 per meal

Apples 2 $2.42 per kg

Bread 2 $1.62 per loaf

Milk 18 $1.00 per liter

Rice 2 $1.83 per kg

Chicken Fillets 2 $7.72 per kg

Beef 2 $15.30 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 2 $4.61 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 2 $48.90 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 2 $0.84 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 7 $3.65 per trip

Taxi per km 7 $1.06 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 3 $31.77 per month

Gasoline 8 $2.29 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 7 $8.92 per trip

Scooter Rental $33.67 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 5 $11.22 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 6 $51.06 per month

Gym Membership 17 $44.89 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 15 $24.69 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 5 $11.22 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 2 $8.62 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $77.40 per pair

Summer Dress $33.50 per dress

Running Shoes $95.10 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut $13.10 per visit

Laundry 16 $3.93 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) $39.29 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 14 $1.67 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 31, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.8909 EUR on Oct 19, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Braga, Porto, Hanoi, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1790.87 1066.34
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 837.67 729.6
- Apples 2.25 2.42
- Beef 14.44 15.3
- Beer 2.89 2.64
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- Bread 1.5 1.62
- Chicken Fillets 7.86 7.72
- Cinema Ticket 8.67 8.62
- Coffee 1.04 1.88
- Coliving Space 635.47 663
- Coworking Space 161.76 123.47
- Dining Out local 138.65, nomad 831.89, expat 323.51, family 519.93, tourist 63.55 local 112.2, nomad 673.2, expat 280.5, family 448.8, tourist 33.66
- Doctor Visit (GP) 46.22 39.29
- Fast Food Combo 9.82 8.87
- Gasoline 2.14 2.29
- Groceries local 277.3, nomad 138.65, expat 369.73, family 751.01, tourist 9.24 local 193.33, nomad 96.67, expat 241.66, family 618.66, tourist 5.88
- Gym Membership 40.44 44.89
- Haircut 17.33 13.1
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 75.1, expat 63.55, family 161.76, tourist 4.62 local 0, nomad 67.2, expat 67, family 200, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 635.47, nomad 1559.79, expat 866.55, family 1270.94, tourist 109.76 local 729.6, nomad 1189.81, expat 841.85, family 1122.46, tourist 102.14
- Internet & Mobile local 40.44, nomad 69.32, expat 63.55, family 98.21, tourist 5.78 local 62.28, nomad 11.22, family 84.72, tourist 0.37
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 43.91 51.06
- Jeans 86.66 77.4
- Laundry 9.24 3.93
- Leisure Activities local 57.77, nomad 277.3, expat 173.31, family 346.62, tourist 23.11 local 52, nomad 250, expat 180, family 900, tourist 20
- Meal (Inexpensive) 11.55 11.22
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 51.99 48.9
- Milk 1.1 1
- Mobile Plan 20.8 11.22
- Monthly Transport Pass 34.66 31.77
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 8.67 1.67
- Rice 1.44 1.83
- Ride-hailing (5km) 7.51 8.92
- Running Shoes 98.21 95.1
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.33 11.22
- Scooter Rental 13.86 33.67
- Summer Dress 34.66 33.5
- Taxi Start 4.04 3.65
- Taxi per km 0.98 1.06
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 13.86 24.69
- Transportation local 46.22, nomad 69.32, expat 92.43, family 207.97, tourist 17.33 local 31.77, nomad 76.37, expat 58.53, family 134.9, tourist 12.74
- Utilities local 127.09, nomad 0, expat 161.76, family 254.19, tourist 0 local 59.85, family 138.05, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 23.11, expat 40.44, family 57.77 local 0, nomad 10.29, expat 10.29, family 20.58
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.81 0.84
- Wine (Mid-range) 6.93 4.61
Fix pass corrected Health Insurance nomad 63 to 67.20 per 30 days and tourist 2.10 to 2.24 per day from the published four-week billing period; resident and family budgets remain unverified. Haircut is retained without independent verification, and Fast Food Combo now clearly identifies its borrowed Porto menu. (safetywing.com, glovoapp.com).

Guimarães cost of living