Porto Tours research desk
Insights: Porto and Portugal in numbers
Porto Tours keeps its own research desk. These are the studies behind the numbers on the site, built from Statistics Portugal, Eurostat, the meteorological institute and the operators' own published prices. Every figure is dated, every chart publishes the data file behind it, and every page names who wrote it and who checked it.
- 37 studies
- 662 charts and tables
- 257 cited sources
Porto costsEUR 1,633a month for one person, centre rent includedHow Much Does It Cost to Live in Porto, Portugal? (2026 Data)Porto costsUSD 69a night at a Porto 3-star, on averageHow Much Are Hotels in Porto? (2026 Data)Porto costsEUR 3.50what a Porto taxi starts atHow Much Are Taxis in Porto? (2026 Data)Porto costsEUR 3per person a night, capped at sevenPorto Tourist Tax per Person per Night: Official Rate (2026 Data)Porto costs2 dayswhat the city's highlights needHow Much Time to Spend in Porto? (2026 Data)Porto costs$539a budget week per person, flights apartHow Much Does It Cost to Go to Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesEUR 1,591a month for one person nationallyHow Much Does It Cost to Live in Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesEUR 12a meal at an inexpensive restaurantHow Much Is Food in Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesEUR 2.12a litre of petrol at the pumpHow Much Is Gas in Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesEUR 456a year for private health coverHow Much Is Health Insurance in Portugal? (2026 Data)Prices23%the standard VAT rateHow Much Is VAT in Portugal? (2026 Data)Prices5-10%what to leave for good serviceHow Much to Tip in Portugal (2026 Data)PricesEUR 0.87what one US dollar buysHow Much Is a Dollar in Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesUSD 2,850-4,850a container from the USAHow Much to Ship a Car to Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesEUR 21,127a wedding for 100 guestsHow Much Does It Cost to Get Married in Portugal? (2026 Data)PricesEUR 12,646median income a yearPortugal Median Income (2026 Data)Weather15.3 °CPorto's yearly average temperaturePorto Weather by Month (2026 Data)Weather15.66 °Cthe mainland's yearly averagePortugal Weather by Month (2026 Data)Weather76%of the year's rain falls October to MarchPortugal Rainfall by Month (2026 Data)Weather3,044hours of sunshine a year in FaroPortugal Average Sunny Days per Year (2026 Data)TravelEUR 34the Alfa Pendular fare, second classHow Much Is the Train from Lisbon to Porto? (2026 Data)TravelUSD 675New York to Lisbon, return, on averageHow Much Is a Flight to Portugal? (2026 Data)TravelEUR 350a year for fully comprehensive coverHow Much Is Car Insurance in Portugal? (2026 Data)Living hereEUR 90a Schengen short-stay visaHow Much Is a Visa for Portugal? (2026 Data)Living hereUSD 287,500the lowest golden-visa investmentHow Much Is a Golden Visa in Portugal? (2026 Data)Living hereEUR 1,400a month for a retired couple, comfortablyHow Much Does It Cost to Retire in Portugal? (2026 Data)Living here612/800English proficiency, 6th in the worldHow Much English Is Spoken in Portugal? (2026 Data)The country10,749,635people, a record set by migrationPortugal Total Population (2026 Data)The country92,212 km2mainland, Azores and Madeira togetherPortugal Total Area km2 (2026 Data)The country$32,082GDP per person, an all-time highPortugal GDP per Capita (2026 Data)The country6.0%unemployment, half the 2013 peakUnemployment Rate of Portugal (2026 Data)The country32.5 millionvisitors in a record yearPortugal Tourists per Year (2026 Data)The country0.709homicides per 100,000, among Europe's lowestCrime Rate of Portugal (2026 Data)The country1,600 kWhsolar yield per installed kWp a yearPortugal Photovoltaic Yield: kWh per kWp per Year (2026 Data)The country3.54 ttonnes of CO2 per person, down 43%Portugal CO2 Emissions per Capita 2000-2023 (2026 Data)The country49.6%of the world's cork comes from hereHow Much Cork Does Portugal Produce? (2026 Data)The country10.7 million km2at the empire's peak, four continentsHow Much of the World Did Portugal Own? (2026 Data)
Every study names its sources at the foot of the page and publishes the data behind each chart as a file you can download. Figures carry the date they were checked; when one changes, the page is corrected and dated again. The rules are on the editorial principles page.