{"id":1271,"date":"2023-06-20T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longlivethemonkey.com\/blog\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2023-06-20T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:27:10","slug":"monthly-expenses-in-portugal-vs-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.longlivethemonkey.com\/blog\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Expenses In Portugal Vs US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been living in Portugal now for more than eight months. Thought I&#8217;d throw some numbers together on what we pay for things here and what we used to pay for things in the U.S. Food is\/was hard to quantify. Obviously it would be less here each month but I can&#8217;t give you a number. It&#8217;s also different post vs. pre covid since we would eat out a lot more pre-covid. Here we eat in a lot and eat out maybe once or twice a week. (I love cooking.)<\/p>\n<p>In the states we had a single family home (four bedrooms, three bathrooms, basement, hot tub, garage) in the lovely Aspen Hill area in Rockville, Maryland. In Portugal we live in a condo (three bedrooms, two bathrooms).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we used to pay in the US vs. Portugal. Costs are per month.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Utility<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Cost In US<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Cost In Portugal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Water<\/th>\n<td>$100<\/td>\n<td>30\u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Electricity &amp; Gas<\/th>\n<td>$200<\/td>\n<td>80\u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">HOA<\/th>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>102\u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Car Insurance<\/th>\n<td>$100<\/td>\n<td>???<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Motorcycle Insurance<\/th>\n<td>$8<\/td>\n<td>???<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Alcohol<\/th>\n<td>$223<\/td>\n<td>120\u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Property Tax<\/th>\n<td>$400<\/td>\n<td>???<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here are some caveats:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Electricity &amp; Gas<\/strong> &#8211; Gas in Rockville was for hot water, stove, and heating. In Portugal, it&#8217;s just for hot water so it&#8217;s hard to quantify. Also when we got the hot tub in the states our electric bill went up a lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alcohol<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m factoring in going out and\/or picking up a few six packs. I averaged my alcohol budget for two years in the states (average of $223 a month). In Portugal I&#8217;m estimating but I spend around 20\u20ac every Thursday plus some extra here and there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Car Insurance<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Motorcycle Insurance<\/strong> &#8211; I do not have numbers for these yet as we still haven&#8217;t gotten my car or bike on the road yet. (See an earlier post but DO NOT COME TO PORTUGAL WITH CARS OR MOTORCYCLES!) Same with <strong>Property Tax<\/strong> as it&#8217;s a once a year thing here and we aren&#8217;t sure how much it will be but estimates are like 100\u20ac a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been living in Portugal now for more than eight months. Thought I&#8217;d throw some numbers together on what we pay for things here and what we used to pay for things in the U.S. Food is\/was hard to quantify. Obviously it would be less here each month but I can&#8217;t give you a number. 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