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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Porto, a month

£812 to £1,230 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentAsking rent, one-bed, citywide, from a guide (Uniplaces, June 2026) with no method. The top is "1,100+". Not specific to furnished one-beds. EUR 700 to 1,100
£590 to £927
A deskCoworking flexible desk, plus tax, from a listing site. EUR 80 to 95
£67 to £80
Weekday lunchesPrato do dia, the set lunch, a guide figure, EUR 7 to 10 each, 22 working days
£130 to £185
Getting aroundAndante monthly pass: EUR 30 Municipal, EUR 40 for the whole metro area. EUR 30 to 40
£25 to £34

Portugal's D8 digital nomad visa asks for about £3,100 a month in income. Check your own case

The Porto guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.