Lisbon vs Mersin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lisbon	Mersin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1738	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4010	$1854
🏠 One person rent	$1101	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$1921	$572
🍽️ Food expenses	$405	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$61.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1351	$630
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	42 km
🎓 Higher education	93	44
😀 Quality of life	82	62
🏙️ Population	546K	1.04M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 120% more expensive than in Mersin. Cities ranked 2758th and 6481st ($1738 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 12th in Portugal and Turkey, respectively. Check Portugal vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lisbon compared to 0.8 months in Mersin. Lisbon ranked 1st best city to live in Portugal vs Mersin ranked 7th in Turkey, while ranked 437th and 4985th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Lisbon vs Mersin infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/lisbon/mersin.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Lisbon vs Mersin infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/lisbon/mersin" target="_blank">Lisbon vs Mersin - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Lisbon vs Mersin

Prices for goods and services in Lisbon and Mersin are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Lisbon	Mersin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$5.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.76	$6.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1300	$376
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$349
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2473	$619
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1564	$478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$54.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	31.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6911	$1024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3548	$720
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$6.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$5.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.48	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.72	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.6	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$81.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16143	$13097

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1694
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1385
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1401
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1460
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1418
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1293
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1332
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1618
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1460
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1453
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1491
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1408
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1534
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1834
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1412
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1357
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1202
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1266
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1348
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1312
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1350
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1323
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1314
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1321
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1301
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1425
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1237
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1256
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1624
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1206
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1351
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1275
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1213
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1249
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1228
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1221
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1235
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1162

Cities near Mersin

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 18 mi	Tarsus	$689
67 km or 42 mi	Adana	$705
93 km or 58 mi	Eregli	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Mut	$627
109 km or 68 mi	Ceyhan	$576
121 km or 75 mi	Bor	$637
128 km or 80 mi	Kozan	$580
130 km or 81 mi	Nigde	$662
131 km or 82 mi	Karaman	$536
136 km or 84 mi	Iskenderun	$596
146 km or 90 mi	Samandag	$510
146 km or 91 mi	Kadirli	$540
148 km or 92 mi	Osmaniye	$433
152 km or 95 mi	Antakya	$450
170 km or 106 mi	Hassa	$535
177 km or 110 mi	Latakia	$427
181 km or 112 mi	Islahiye	$522
182 km or 113 mi	Aksaray	$426
184 km or 114 mi	Reyhanli	$534
197 km or 122 mi	Famagusta	$1331
200 km or 124 mi	Kyrenia	$1216
203 km or 126 mi	Nevsehir	$607
204 km or 127 mi	Paralimni	$1150
205 km or 127 mi	Idlib	$516
213 km or 132 mi	Nicosia	$1352
223 km or 139 mi	Kilis	$527
223 km or 139 mi	Konya	$674
224 km or 139 mi	Kahramanmaras	$604
225 km or 140 mi	Dali	$1356
225 km or 140 mi	Talas	$625
226 km or 140 mi	Aradippou	$1242
227 km or 141 mi	Larnaca	$1559
228 km or 142 mi	Kayseri	$656
235 km or 146 mi	Alanya	$835
236 km or 147 mi	Aleppo	$541
248 km or 154 mi	Gaziantep	$473
264 km or 164 mi	Kirsehir	$673
267 km or 166 mi	Hama	$450
276 km or 171 mi	Limassol	$2130
278 km or 173 mi	Ypsonas	$1832