How Much Does Lisbon Cost?
A week for two runs about $2,750 door to door from New York. Day to day, a hotel night usually costs $114, and daily spend is $25–$80 a person.
Fare, hotel night and daily spend for Lisbon, Portugal, line by line, from where you fly — from backpacker to luxury.
What a trip to Lisbon costs
The fare from where you fly, the usual hotel night and daily spend. Change the travellers, nights or travel style.
- Fare · New York to Lisbon × 2Economy round trip, usually about $696 eachWithin the usual range of the 18 days we checked fares on this route, by our own fare checks since Jun 2026. How we know$1,392
- Hotel night · $114 × 7 nightsWhat a night here usually costs, from hotel prices we check every week. 2 travellers share a room.$798
- Daily spend · $40 × 2 travellers × 7 daysRestaurants, transport and paid sights, per person per day. The hotel isn't in it.$560
7 nights, 2 travellers, mid-range, flying from New York. Usual prices we track ourselves, not a price you can book.
How we know
- Fare: the middle price of the economy round trips we found from New York on our latest check (half were cheaper, half dearer), for departures in the coming weeks.
- Hotel night: the middle nightly price of the Lisbon hotels we check three times a week (see our hotel price index).
- Daily spend: food, local transport and sights per person, from our city guide, by travel style. The hotel isn't in it.
- Total: fare × travellers + hotel night × nights × rooms + daily spend × travellers × days. Prices move, so treat it as a guide, not a quote.
Daily spend by travel style
Per person per day: food, getting around and something worth doing. The hotel isn't in it; a hotel night usually costs $114.
- Budget, per day
- $25A week for two with the hotel: $1,148, before flights
- Mid-range, per day
- $40A week for two with the hotel: $1,358, before flights
- Luxury, per day
- $80A week for two with the hotel: $1,918, before flights
Where a day's spend goes
Pick a travel style to see how a day's spend splits in Lisbon. The hotel is separate.
- FoodCasual restaurants$17
- TransportMetro + occasional taxi$10
- Sights & activitiesPaid attractions, tours$13
- Daily spend, per person$40
Lisbon on our hotel price index
Where the usual night sits against every city we track.
Across the 242 destinations we track, Lisbon is the 110th priciest for hotels — mid-priced on our index — with a typical night of $114.
Pricier than Tropea ($113).
See the full hotel price indexWondering whether to book now? The price check, our 4-week forecast and the cheapest dates to fly are in the Lisbon guide.
Money-saving tips for Lisbon
- Ride Tram 28 early morning to avoid crowds
- Try pastéis de nata at Pastéis de Belém
- Wear comfortable shoes — the hills are steep
- Day trip to Sintra for fairy-tale palaces
- Visit during shoulder season (March to May, September to October) for the best balance of weather and prices
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