Portugal
How much home does a salary buy in Porto?
In Porto, the average net yearly salary buys 6.6 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 9.1 full years of salary, rank 27 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€2,984INE Portugal, Estatísticas de preços da habitação ao nível local (Metodologia 2022), indicator 0012254 "Valor mediano das vendas de alojamentos familiares (€/m²) por Localização geográfica (NUTS-2024) e Tipologia do fogo; Anual" · median, transaction prices, 2024 (calendar year)
Average net wage€1,642INE Portugal / MTSSS-GEP (now DGCP), Quadros de Pessoal, indicator 0012656 "Ganho médio mensal (€) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024); Anual" · mean, city, October 2024 (annualised x14/12)
Years of pay for 60 m²9.1
m² per year of pay6.6 m²
B Data quality: Official, one limitation · Price and wage: 2024 This is the latest year for which an official price and wage from the same year both exist. · Rank in Europe: 27 of 53
Prices and wages in Porto, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €2,278 | €1,298 | 8.8 |
| 2022. | €2,568 | €1,355 | 9.5 |
| 2023. | €2,866 | €1,459 | 9.8 |
| 2024. | €2,984 | €1,642 | 9.1 |
| 2025. | €3,347 | – | – |
| 2026. | €3,631 (part of the year) | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Porto, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €1,642 | 9.1 salaries |
| Nurse | €1,432 | 10.4 salaries |
| Teacher | €2,698 | 5.5 salaries |
| IT specialist | €2,750 | 5.4 salaries |
| Shop worker | €1,217 | 12.3 salaries |
| Builder | €1,163 | 12.8 salaries |
Other cities
| Milan Italy | 24 of 53 | 8.7 salaries |
| Zagreb Croatia | 25 of 53 | 8.8 salaries |
| Warsaw Poland | 26 of 53 | 8.9 salaries |
| Copenhagen Denmark | 28 of 53 | 9.3 salaries |
| London United Kingdom | 29 of 53 | 9.5 salaries |
| Geneva Switzerland | 30 of 53 | 9.6 salaries |