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Macau

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ยท Eastern Asia

Macau is a former Portuguese colony, a world-renowned gambling destination, and one of the world's most densely populated places, with a population of 667,000 people (2016) in an area half the size of Manhattan Island. Returned to Chinese rule in 1999, it is now a semi-autonomous "Special Administrative Region", a status it shares with nearby Hong Kong.

Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Macau". Source ยท CC BY-SA 4.0

Capitalโ€”
CurrencyMOPMacanese pataca
LanguagesPortuguese, Chinese
Dial code+853
Time zoneAsia/Macau

Weather

Live

28ยฐC

Clear sky ยท feels like 33ยฐC

  • 78%
  • 9 km/h
  • AQI 74
  • MonLight drizzle25ยฐ / 31ยฐ
  • TueThunderstorm25ยฐ / 30ยฐ
  • WedModerate drizzle26ยฐ / 30ยฐ
  • ThuLight drizzle26ยฐ / 30ยฐ

Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.

Money

Live

Macanese pataca (MOP)

$1 USD
P8.080
โ‚ฌ1 EUR
P9.275

Reference rates for 2026-09-20. Indicative โ€” not the rate a bureau will give you.

Trip cost

What a trip to Macau costs

Visas, flights, beds, food and everything in between, priced for your party and your dates. Every line shows its own arithmetic, so you can disagree with the parts you know better than we do.

Your trip

8 days on the ground

Hotel category
Flight class

Estimated cost

$3,884

$1,942 per person ยท $243 per person per day

  • Visa & entry

    $50 ร— 2 โ€” typical tourist visa or eVisa fee

    $100
  • Flights

    $830 return ร— 2 ยท 9,558 km

    $1,659
  • Accommodation

    $110/night ร— 7 nights ร— 1 room ยท Standard

    $772
  • Food & drink

    $30/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $480
  • Local transport

    $12/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $192
  • SIM & internet

    $12 per person, once ร— 2

    $24
  • Attractions

    $20/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $320
  • Travel insurance

    $3/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $50
Subtotal
$3,597
Miscellaneous (8%)
$288
Total
$3,884

Budget at a glance

Per day

$486

Per person

$1,942

Family of 4

$7,769

7 days

$3,884

14 days

$5,702

30 days

$9,857

The 7, 14 and 30-day figures re-price the whole trip at that length โ€” flights and visas do not repeat, so a month is far from four times a week.

A planning estimate, not a quote โ€” ground costs are modelled from a cost tier for Macau, not scraped from live inventory. Your settings are saved to this device.

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