cost of living- Possible to live with 1800euro a month in Algarve?

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Captain Grumpy Member

Member since 10 April 2015

Captain GrumpyMember18 October 2015 15:22:39

Is it possible to live in the Algarve area on 1800 euros a month?

This would include renting a small 2 bedroom furnished house within 30 minutes of a town to get groceries, etc..

Also how much would it cost to buy a used toyota, say a corolla?

We are thinking of moving from Prince Edward Island Canada in 2017.

kenjee ViP

Member since 02 June 2014

kenjeeViP19 October 2015 07:22:28

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Hello Captain Grumpy and welcome to the Forum!

While waiting for members to revert back with some tips, I invite you to check out forum section Cost of Living in Portugal to gather some useful infos.

The francophone version of the site has more infos about Portugal, maybe you could do some google translate of some posts of this thread below to gather infos :

> Co没t de la vie au Portugal 鈥� 2015

Regards
Kenjee

mynameisdomino Member

Member since 24 January 2012

mynameisdominoMember19 October 2015 11:05:32

This is what our basic costs are:
Electricity - 167,00
Internet and Telephone - 80,00
Water - 49,34
Gas - 54,00
Total: 350,34
Food for two people: 200,00 (completely possible)
Away from direct access to a beach, you could rent an apartment anywhere from 400,00 euros up.
You have more than enough money to live on. My family of four lives on 1600,00 including social security of 291,36聽 and 200,00 for storage of our furniture. We don麓t pay rent but we do have condominium costs.
I hope this helps.

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