Cost of Living in Porto Santo, 🇵🇹 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 2 $1,010 $786 $1,010 $505 $36

Utilities 11 3 — $74 $113 $74 —

Internet & Mobile 7 8 1 $11 $42 $53 $42 $0

Groceries 3 10 $171 $286 $914 $343 $11

Transportation 4 5 6 $73 $49 $119 $49 $14

Dining Out 3 20 $787 $289 $708 $128 $54

Leisure Activities 3 15 16 $263 $112 $360 $51 $12

Health Insurance 12 $67 $178 $489 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 13 14 — $10 $41 — —

Total $2,382 $1,826 $3,807 $1,192 $129

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 2 $561.22 $505 – $786 per month

Coworking Space 9 $205.42 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 1 $1,010.21 per month

Coliving Space $898.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 3 $1.83 per cup

Beer 3 $3.01 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 3 $11.90 per meal

Fast Food Combo 20 $8.87 per meal

Apples 3 $1.82 per kg

Bread 3 $1.54 per loaf

Milk 10 $0.95 per liter

Rice 3 $1.43 per kg

Chicken Fillets 3 $7.21 per kg

Beef 3 $12.60 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 3 $6.52 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 3 $53.00 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 3 $0.86 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 6 $3.65 per trip

Taxi per km 6 $1.06 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 4 5 $46.02 per month

Gasoline $2.36 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 6 $8.92 per trip

Scooter Rental $33.67 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 7 $11.22 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 8 $30.31 per month

Gym Membership 3 15 $42.60 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 16 $22.45 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7 $11.22 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 3 19 $8.83 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $72.40 per pair

Summer Dress $44.90 per dress

Running Shoes $87.20 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut $9.56 per visit

Laundry 17 $5.05 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 21 $72.96 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 18 $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 Funchal, Machico, Lisbon, Hanoi

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1790.87 1010.21
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 785.67 561.22
- Apples 2.25 1.82
- Beef 13.29 12.6
- Beer 2.31 3.01
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- Bread 1.5 1.54
- Chicken Fillets 7.86 7.21
- Cinema Ticket 8.67 8.83
- Coffee 1.27 1.83
- Coliving Space 982.09 898
- Coworking Space 167.53 205.42
- Dining Out local 138.65, nomad 751.01, expat 369.73, family 519.93, tourist 75.1 local 127.58, nomad 787.25, expat 288.5, family 707.68, tourist 53.96
- Doctor Visit (GP) 51.99 72.96
- Fast Food Combo 10.98 8.87
- Gasoline 1.99 2.36
- Groceries local 323.51, nomad 173.31, expat 439.05, family 866.55, tourist 13.86 local 342.68, nomad 171.34, expat 285.56, family 913.8, tourist 11.42
- Gym Membership 48.53 42.6
- Haircut 17.33 9.56
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 75.1, expat 63.55, family 161.76 local 0, nomad 67.2, expat 177.5, family 489.4, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 635.47, nomad 1559.79, expat 982.09, family 1270.94, tourist 109.76 local 505.11, nomad 1010.21, expat 785.63, family 1010.21, tourist 35.92
- Internet & Mobile local 40.44, nomad 75.1, expat 63.55, family 92.43, tourist 5.78 local 41.53, nomad 11.22, family 52.76, tourist 0.37
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 41.59 30.31
- Jeans 80.88 72.4
- Laundry 7.51 5.05
- Leisure Activities local 57.77, nomad 254.19, expat 207.97, family 323.51, tourist 28.89 local 51.43, nomad 263.24, expat 112.41, family 359.52, tourist 11.84
- Meal (Inexpensive) 13.86 11.9
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 51.99 53
- Milk 1.1 0.95
- Mobile Plan 24.26 11.22
- Monthly Transport Pass 34.66 46.02
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 8.32 1.67
- Rice 1.62 1.43
- Ride-hailing (5km) 9.24 8.92
- Running Shoes 98.21 87.2
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.33 11.22
- Scooter Rental 28.89 33.67
- Summer Dress 40.44 44.9
- Taxi Start 4.04 3.65
- Taxi per km 1.04 1.06
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 17.33 22.45
- Transportation local 34.66, nomad 207.97, expat 161.76, family 254.19, tourist 40.44 local 49.28, nomad 72.79, family 118.81, tourist 14.48
- Utilities local 109.76, nomad 138.65, expat 127.09, family 213.75, tourist 0 local 73.6, nomad 0, family 113, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 51.99, family 69.32 local 0, expat 10.29, family 41.16
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.75 0.86
- Wine (Mid-range) 8.09 6.52
Gasoline, Jeans, Summer Dress, Running Shoes, Haircut, Scooter Rental and Coliving Space kept their previous values without citations after their pages failed verification, and Coffee, Meal (Inexpensive), Meal (Mid-range, 2 people), Apples, Bread, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Water (1.5L bottle), Cinema Ticket, Monthly Transport Pass, Taxi Start, Taxi per km, Mobile Plan and SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) were re-cited to pages that show their numbers (livingcost.org, madeirabus.com, horariosdofunchal.pt, simuladortaxi.pt, nos.pt)

Porto Santo cost of living