Pricele #95: Vape e-liquid (1 ml) in Portugal 🇵🇹
The puzzle for 3 October 2026 asked what a millilitre of vape liquid costs in Portugal. Here is the answer and the context behind it.
The answer
Vape e-liquid (1 ml) · Portugal
$3.11
2.88 EUR
About 21 minutes of the average local wage buys a millilitre of vape liquid.
More expensive than 53% of the 20 countries in the game.
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, tobacco tax survey 2024 (cheapest disposable device).
About vape liquid
The sparsest item in the game, and for a reason worth knowing: a country is only listed if disposable vapes are legally on sale there. Several of the largest markets in this table ban or restrict them outright, so an empty row is a policy fact rather than a gap in the data.
Where Portugal sits
Of the 20 countries priced for vape liquid, Portugal ranks #10 from the top at $3.11, 1.1× the median of $2.88.
Portugal has eurozone prices on a lower wage base, so its work-time figures are among the least favourable in Western Europe. Café prices are a notable exception and remain some of the cheapest in the eurozone. Essential food is charged at 6% against a 23% standard rate, the same headline rate as Ireland and Poland, applied to a very different income level. That combination is what makes Portugal the country in this table where the gap between the dollar column and the work-time column is most worth reading carefully: the prices are Western European and the wages are not.
| Nearby on the vape liquid table | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | $2.57 | 2.37 EUR | 9 min |
| Italy | $2.65 | 2.45 EUR | 11 min |
| Portugal | $3.11 | 2.88 EUR | 21 min |
| Netherlands | $3.22 | 2.98 EUR | 10 min |
| Sweden | $3.22 | 34.5 SEK | 9 min |
What else costs what in Portugal
| Item | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | $7.05 | 6.08 EUR | 47 min |
| Coca-Cola (330ml can) | $1.21 | 1.15 EUR | 8 min |
| Cappuccino | $2.16 | 1.88 EUR | 14 min |
| Milk (1 litre) | $1.10 | 0.96 EUR | 7 min |
| Eggs (dozen) | $3.48 | 3.02 EUR | 23 min |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.28 | 1.98 EUR | 15 min |
| Gasoline (1 litre) | $2.10 | 1.82 EUR | 14 min |
| Diesel (1 litre) | $2.35 | 2.03 EUR | 16 min |
| Electricity (100 kWh) | $25.20 | 21.8 EUR | 2.8 h |
| Natural gas (100 kWh) | $15.30 | 13.2 EUR | 1.7 h |
| Cigarettes (20-pack) | $5.52 | 5.1 EUR | 37 min |
| Beer (330ml) | $0.86 | 0.79 EUR | 6 min |
| Spirits (750ml bottle) | $18.26 | 16.87 EUR | 2.0 h |
| Mobile data (1 GB) | $1.79 | — | 12 min |
| A day's healthy diet | $2.71 | 2.4 EUR | 18 min |
Go deeper
See the full table for vape liquid in every country or everything priced in Portugal.