Hawaii (Maui) vs. Portugal (Lisbon)

Is Hawaii really cheaper than Europe? Once you add up the hotel bill, maybe not.

Beach🗓 7 nights👥 2 adults✈ Round trip from Las Vegas📅 Checked October 2026

Flying from

Photos: Maui: Rick Obst, CC BY 4.0 · Lisbon: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons · Photo credits

Heads up: every price on this page is a sample estimate, not live pricing or a quote. Ranges are based on published typical fares and rates plus our own assumptions (see sources below). Switch the departure airport above to recalculate. Use the buttons to check today's real prices.

Maui

≈ $6,770

$4,930–$8,610

Lisbon comes out about $2,700 cheaper for 2 adults at the midpoint.

Flying from Las Vegas (LAS)

Sample estimate, not live pricing

Lisbon

≈ $4,090

$3,015–$5,170

Beach walk and sand at Kāʻanapali Beach on Maui's west coast
US trip

Hawaii (Maui)

USA · OGG

All-in total, 7 nights for 2 adults, round trip from Las Vegas (LAS)

$4,930–$8,610

Midpoint ≈ $6,770 · ≈ $3,390 per person

Sample estimate, not live pricing
Cost breakdown (sample estimate, not live pricing)
ItemEstimate
Round-trip flights from LAS2 × $400–$700 per person$800–$1,400
Lodging7 nights × $300–$500 per night$2,100–$3,500
Food & drink7 days × $150–$250 per day$1,050–$1,750
Local transport7 days × $80–$130 per day$560–$910
Activities7 days × $60–$150 per day$420–$1,050
Total Sample estimate, not live pricing$4,930–$8,610
Flight time from Las Vegas
About 6 hr nonstop (Alaska, Southwest and Hawaiian fly LAS–OGG)
Best time to go
April–May and September–November (shoulder seasons). January often has the cheapest airfare; June–July the priciest.
Entry
No passport needed for US citizens (REAL ID or passport to fly).
Watch for
Resort fees and parking at many hotels; Hawaii lodging taxes can add a significant percentage to the room rate. A rental car is close to essential.
Best for
Beaches, snorkeling, short travel day

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Lisbon's Alfama hillside with the São Vicente de Fora monastery and the National Pantheon dome above the Tagus
Abroad

Portugal (Lisbon)

Portugal · LIS

All-in total, 7 nights for 2 adults, round trip from Las Vegas (LAS)

$3,015–$5,170

Midpoint ≈ $4,090 · ≈ $2,050 per person

Sample estimate, not live pricing
Cost breakdown (sample estimate, not live pricing)
ItemEstimate
Round-trip flights from LAS2 × $720–$1,150 per person$1,440–$2,300
Lodging7 nights × $110–$190 per night$770–$1,330
Food & drink7 days × $70–$120 per day$490–$840
Local transport7 days × $15–$30 per day$105–$210
Activities7 days × $30–$70 per day$210–$490
Total Sample estimate, not live pricing$3,015–$5,170
Flight time from Las Vegas
About 13–16 hr with 1+ stops (no nonstop from LAS)
Best time to go
March–May and September–October. April and January tend to have the lowest fares; June–August the highest.
Entry
Passport required. Check whether the EU's ETIAS travel authorization is in effect before you go.
Watch for
Lisbon city tourist tax per person per night; airport transfer; some restaurants charge for bread/olives (couvert) you don't send back.
Best for
Food, walkable history, stretching a budget

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Where the money goes

Midpoint of each estimate range, 2 adults, 7 nights, flying from Las Vegas (LAS). Sample estimate, not live pricing.

Round-trip flights from Las Vegas

Maui ≈ $1,100
Lisbon ≈ $1,870

Lodging

Maui ≈ $2,800
Lisbon ≈ $1,050

Food & drink

Maui ≈ $1,400
Lisbon ≈ $670

Local transport

Maui ≈ $740
Lisbon ≈ $160

Activities

Maui ≈ $740
Lisbon ≈ $350

The verdict

Lisbon comes out about $2,700 cheaper for 2 adults at the midpoint. (from Las Vegas, sample estimate, not live pricing)

Lisbon's airfare is roughly double Maui's, but Maui's hotel rates and daily costs are some of the highest in the US, so over a full week Lisbon tends to come out cheaper from both LAS and LAX. Maui wins on convenience: a short nonstop flight and no passport. Lisbon wins on value, food and history.

Sources, notes & assumptions

Flight ranges come from typical round-trip economy fares that fare-search sites (KAYAK, Google Flights, Priceline, momondo, Expedia, airline fare pages) published for each route from each departure airport we cover (currently LAS and LAX), viewed October 2026. Lodging uses published hotel averages where we found them (Engine's August 2026 US city averages; Budget Your Trip traveler averages abroad), adjusted to a mid-range room; otherwise it is an editor estimate. Daily food, local transport and activity budgets are editor estimates for a mid-range couple; where a Budget Your Trip average exists we set the range around it, but the range bounds are our own judgment and have NOT been verified against a single published source. Ski lift tickets use published 2025/26 (or 2026/27) resort prices; euro and yen prices are converted at editor-assumed exchange rates. Taxes, resort fees, baggage fees and tips may not be fully included.

Hawaii (Maui)

Last checked: 2026-10-17

Lodging range sits below Maui County's average daily hotel rate (about $526 in August 2026, all hotel classes incl. luxury resorts) on the assumption of a mid-range hotel or condo.

Portugal (Lisbon)

Last checked: 2026-10-17

Lodging assumes a 3–4 star central hotel; one comparison site reports 4-star Lisbon hotels averaging about €92/night, and peak-season rates run higher.

Assumptions: economy fares, 1 mid-range room, 7 nights / 7 days of spending, 2 adults. Excludes passports, travel insurance, checked-bag fees and souvenirs unless noted. Found a better number? Tell us.

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