Cost of living analysis, prices, and affordability in Portugal.
INE's flash estimate puts October inflation at 3.8 percent, up from 3.6 percent, with energy 17.4 percent dearer than a year ago. The excluding-housing rate of 3.72 percent is the one toll contracts use, pointing to tolls up about 3.82 percent from 1 January.
Petrol is forecast to fall 7 to 8 cents a litre from Monday 26 October and diesel to rise 1 to 1.5 cents. Portaria 467-A/2026/1 cuts the petrol tax discount and nudges up diesel's. Here is what DGEG's prices show and whether to fill up now.
A new Campolide parish regulation helps low-income residents pay for leaking roofs, unsafe wiring, broken windows and other small repairs. Who qualifies, what is covered, and how the refund works.
Social Security's average old-age pension, 691.31 euros in August, pays for about five and a half months a year in a double room at a private care home, a survey reported by Público finds. How non-profit homes set fees from income, and what to check before you sign.
The minimum wage rose 5.7 percent to 920 euros in January. With inflation forecast at 3.1 percent, the real rise is about 2.6 percent, down from 3.8 percent in 2025. The 970 euros planned for 2027 would add about 3 percent in real terms.
Eurostat's 2025 figures put the share of people in Portugal who cannot afford regular leisure at 8.7 percent, under the EU's 12.1 and down from 20.6 in 2014. The gap is wide for the poor and over-65s, and 33.1 percent cannot afford a week's holiday.
From 17 October, fuel stations must post how much less fuel tax and VAT drivers pay per litre than at the 2019 rates: 23.1 cents on petrol and 23.9 on diesel from Monday. Why that is not this week's discount, and what to do if the sign is missing.
