Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Symbol
- € — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- 123 456,78 €
- Thousands separator
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 0.872067672451 EUR (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 13%, 6% — reduced
Payment methods in Portugal
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 mbway
- 02 multibanco
- 03 card
- 04 paypal
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- pt-PT
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- yes
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +351
- Mobile format
- +351 9XX XXX XXX
- Digits
- 9
Portugal: common questions
What currency does Portugal use?
Portugal uses the Euro (EUR), symbol €. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123 456,78 €.
How many decimal places does EUR have?
EUR has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Portugal?
The standard VAT rate in Portugal is 23.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Portugal?
The methods that matter in Portugal, in rough order of use: mbway, multibanco, card, paypal.
What is the dialling code for Portugal?
Portugal's country calling code is +351. Mobile numbers are formatted +351 9XX XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).
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