Braga and Guimarães are among the most affordable Portuguese cities to live and study. The cost of living for a student at the University of Minho depends on a series of factors, from the type of accomodation to whether the student cooks at home or eats out. In any case, an approximate cost of living would be between € 400 to € 500 per month.
As an indication, some of the living costs could be the following:
| Meal in the canteen |
€ 2.50 |
| Cheap meal at a restaurant |
€ 5 - € 10 |
| Milk |
€ 0.70/litre |
| Bread |
€ 0.11 |
| Eggs |
€ 0.80 - € 1.10/ a half dozen box |
| Rice |
€ 0.70 - € 2/kg |
| Sugar |
€ 1/kg |
| Apples |
€ 1.20 - € 2/kg |
| Coffee |
€ 0.50 - € 0.60 |
| 1 photocopy |
€ 0.05 |
| Cinema ticket |
€ 5 |
| Newspaper |
€ 1 |
| Public transportation ticket |
€ 1.70 |
| Monthly transportation pass |
€ 19.20 |
| Braga/Porto train ticket |
€ 3.10 |
| Guimarães/Porto train ticket |
€ 2.10 |
| Porto/Lisbon train ticket |
€ 25 - € 40 |