No monthly pass? You can still pay less than the on-board fare. Here is what each ticket costs in Lisbon, and which one to pick.
Tickets and zapping go on a navegante ocasional card. It costs €0.50 and you can top it up for 1 year.
You buy it and load it at the Metro's ticket machines and ticket offices, or at a Carris sales point.
After that year you need a new card. If the old one still has tickets or balance on it, ask to have them moved to the new card within 1 month.
Zapping is money you load on the card. Each trip takes its fare from the balance.
A zapping trip costs €1.72, on the Metro and on Carris. On Carris it lasts 1 hour on every route of the regular network.
Each zapping trip covers 1 operator. Changing from the Metro to a bus is a new trip.
You can load €3, €5, €10, €15, €20, €25, €30, €35 or €40.
The 24 hours start at your first validation.
At the Metro you can tap a contactless bank card at the gate, or the same card on your phone or watch. Each trip costs €1.92.
If you have a navegante card with a valid pass, keep your bank card away from the gate. A trip charged to it by mistake is not refunded.
On Carris you can pay on board. It is the most expensive way to travel:
You pay the driver in cash, or at the validator with a bank card or MB WAY. The ticket is only valid on the bus or tram where you buy it.
Cash is not accepted on the articulated trams. The Graça funicular only takes bank cards and MB WAY.
A monthly pass costs €30 for 1 municipality, such as Lisbon, or €40 for the whole metropolitan area.
Under 24? You probably don't pay at all.
GuideFree public transport until you turn 24Checked on 4 October 2026 against the official pages above.
Rules change. The official page is the one that counts.
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Up to the age of 23, the monthly pass for all public transport in the Lisbon metropolitan area costs nothing. You don't have to be a student. You do need a Portuguese NIF.
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