Cost of living comparison

compared to

Lisbon vs. Tokyo Cost of Living Summary

Lisbon is 18.0% more expensive than Tokyo.

Restaurants: pay 86.1% more in Lisbon
Groceries: pay 26.6% less in Lisbon
Transportation: pay 4.8% more in Lisbon
Housing: pay 30.8% more in Lisbon
Childcare: pay 6.6% more in Lisbon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.7% less in Lisbon
Clothing: pay 31.9% more in Lisbon

The cost of restaurants, clothing, housing, childcare, and transportation in Lisbon are more expensive than in Tokyo. Expenses including groceries and entertainment and sports are lower in Lisbon. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in Lisbon.

Lisbon vs. Tokyo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lisbon instead of Tokyo, you would:

Display currency: USD

pay 86.1% more for restaurants

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.51 ¥1,024	$13.66 €13.25	+109.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.21 ¥819	$9.65 €9.35	+85.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.12 ¥176	$1.86 €1.80	+66.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.75 ¥117	$1.36 €1.32	+83.1%
Average			+86.1%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 26.6% less for groceries

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.63 ¥257	$1.48 €1.44	-9.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.01 ¥1,102	$5.58 €5.41	-20.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.89 ¥926	$3.87 €3.75	-34.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.09 ¥328	$2.97 €2.89	+42.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.26 ¥513	$3.31 €3.21	+1.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.38 ¥374	$1.04 €1.01	-56.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.06 ¥167	$0.69 €0.67	-35.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.65 ¥416	$0.89 €0.86	-66.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.42 ¥380	$1.06 €1.03	-56.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.29 ¥203	$0.88 €0.85	-31.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.26 ¥199	$0.94 €0.91	-26.0%
Average			-26.6%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 4.8% more for transportation

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.42 ¥695	$7.21 €6.99	+63.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$58.62 ¥9,215	$42.87 €41.58	-26.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,767.76 ¥3,421,783	$32,152.89 €31,181.59	+47.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$27.88 ¥4,382	$9.86 €9.56	-64.6%
Average			+4.8%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 30.8% more for housing

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.86 ¥5,008	$39.90 €38.69	+25.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,120.28 ¥176,102	$1,514.21 €1,468.47	+35.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$582.98 ¥91,642	$1,070.61 €1,038.27	+83.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$134.03 ¥21,069	$106.17 €102.97	-20.8%
Average			+30.8%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 6.6% more for childcare

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$533.29 ¥83,831	$576.40 €558.99	+8.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,506.96 ¥2,280,421	$15,251.75 €14,791.01	+5.1%
Average			+6.6%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 7.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 ¥512	$3.22 €3.12	-1.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.40 ¥535	$2.61 €2.53	-23.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.91 ¥614	$6.00 €5.82	+53.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$67.16 ¥10,557	$42.41 €41.13	-36.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.38 ¥1,945	$8.57 €8.32	-30.7%
Average			-7.7%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 31.9% more for clothing

	Tokyo	Lisbon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.60 ¥8,268	$86.58 €83.96	+64.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.87 ¥5,796	$37.63 €36.49	+2.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$63.41 ¥9,968	$82.49 €79.99	+30.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$82.89 ¥13,030	$108.41 €105.14	+30.8%
Average			+31.9%

Tokyo vs. Lisbon - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

More cost comparisons

Tokyo vs.

Hanoi

Tokyo vs.

Algiers

Tokyo vs.

Bangkok

Tokyo vs.

Kiev

Tokyo vs.

Manila

Tokyo vs.

Berlin

Tokyo vs.

Canberra

Tokyo vs.

London

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Japan vs. Portugal. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Japan and Portugal.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Tokyo

Add prices for Lisbon

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Lisbon or Tokyo. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.