Funchal vs Lisbon for couples
Funchal and Lisbon are both in Portugal, about 972 km apart. Every figure below comes from the data behind our city pages: an estimated monthly cost for a couple, tax tier, annual climate, safety, healthcare, internet speed, language and residency rules. Funchal leads on cost.
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Side by side
Source: the datasets behind our city pages. Cost is our model estimate (a country-level cost index scaled for city size); tax tiers are assigned by hand from each country's top marginal income tax rate and overall tax reputation; temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages); rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals); safety and healthcare are our own country-level estimates; internet from the Ookla Speedtest Global Index; English from the EF English Proficiency Index; residency from our hand-reviewed residency dataset (not legal advice); short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset.
Factor by factor
Cost of living
Funchal is cheaper: we estimate about €2,732 a month for a couple living centrally, against €2,913 in Lisbon. That is €181 a month, or 6%, less.
Taxes
Same country, same tax: Portugal is in our high tax tier.
Climate
Funchal is 1°C warmer on average over the year: 18°C against 17°C in Lisbon. Funchal is drier, with about 560 mm of rain a year against 681 mm in Lisbon (18% less).
Safety
Our safety score is country-level, so both cities get the same 70 out of 100.
Healthcare
Our healthcare score is country-level, so both cities get the same 72 out of 100.
Internet
Our broadband figure is country-level: about 150 Mbps median fixed download in both.
Language
Main languages in both: Portuguese. English proficiency is rated the same in both: some English.
Residency and visas
Same country, same rules: long-term residency in Portugal is rated comparatively open, with a self-funded route from about $1,070 a month in income.
Which one fits a couple
On the factors we measure, Funchal leads on cost (€2,732 against €2,913 a month), and Lisbon leads on none of them. What our data does not cover can still tip it toward Lisbon: jobs, family nearby, or simply which one each of you prefers after a visit.
Size differs too: Funchal is a smaller city (under 250,000 people) and Lisbon a mid-sized one (250,000 to 1 million people).
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