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It depends where you live and salary tax rate. My husband and I live in Lisbon and our cost is between €1800 to €2000 per month.

Can I ask what your job would be as such ?

And how firm / secure is the job offer ?   Have they given you a starting date ?

I ask because   55 K  is  more than twice the national average income in Portugal.   Even for Lisbon this   would provide  a decent standard of living.    You should be able to rent a one or two bed flat for between 1,100   and  2,000  Euros a month, depending on your requirements in terms of space /  river views and so on.

WHERE exactly in Lisbon would the place of work be located ?    Ideally you would want to rent somewhere within walking distance ( or maybe easy tram access )  -  as  traffic in the city is hellish and you certainly would be mad to plan to drive to work.

Yes. You and your family will live well with 55K salary. My husband and I live in Arierro, Lisbon. The cost for the monthly expenses for us is 2000€ (rent, food/wine, transportation,untility, internet, phone and eating out).

Hi Sue,

I have a question for you.  I know you mentioned your budget, but....

I know you moved from the US to Lisbon.  My wife and I will be doing the same.  Did you, by any chance, ever use the websites Numbeo or ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵisan for cost of living estimators prior to moving, or look at them SINCE moving?  I don't care about rent/mortgage, but I mean for daily cost of living estimates -- utilities, eating out, groceries, entertainment, transportation, etc.   

Did you find those estimates to be pretty accurate?  It is so hard to project a budget in this regard because I have no idea if those websites are +/- 10% or +/- 40%.  lol

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Jeff