Brasilia vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brasilia	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2318	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$386	$1271
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$619
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$3571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	28	95
😀 Quality of life	61	96
🏙️ Population	2.82M	985K

The cost of living in Brasilia is 62% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 6320th and 1273rd ($882 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Brazil and Sweden, respectively. Check Brazil vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Brasilia compared to 1.6 months in Stockholm. Brasilia ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 5763rd and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brasilia vs Stockholm

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	Brasilia	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.87	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.51	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$7.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$477	$1476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$2670
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.81%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2502	$11690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$6502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$4.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.65	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$4.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.24	$8.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$33.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$537	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16129	$15313

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Cities near Brasilia

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Formosa	$714
129 km or 80 mi	Anapolis	$531
142 km or 89 mi	Goianesia	$682
176 km or 110 mi	Goiania	$805
192 km or 119 mi	Paracatu	$656
196 km or 122 mi	Trindade	$693
231 km or 143 mi	Caldas Novas	$665
264 km or 164 mi	Catalao	$653
319 km or 198 mi	Araguari	$629
325 km or 202 mi	Itumbiara	$593
343 km or 213 mi	Patos de Minas	$624
350 km or 217 mi	Uberlandia	$670
379 km or 235 mi	Januaria	$588
391 km or 243 mi	Ituiutaba	$647
393 km or 244 mi	Rio Verde	$611
434 km or 270 mi	Araxa	$552
440 km or 273 mi	Uberaba	$559
442 km or 274 mi	Montes Claros	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Barra do Garcas	$655
469 km or 291 mi	Jatai	$642
470 km or 292 mi	Gurupi	$606
489 km or 304 mi	Janauba	$574
493 km or 306 mi	Curvelo	$600
511 km or 318 mi	Barreiras	$583
530 km or 329 mi	Franca	$552
535 km or 332 mi	Barretos	$604
557 km or 346 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
558 km or 347 mi	Fernandopolis	$635
560 km or 348 mi	Votuporanga	$641
561 km or 349 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
564 km or 350 mi	Passos	$568
568 km or 353 mi	Batatais	$609
575 km or 357 mi	Guanambi	$561
577 km or 358 mi	Bebedouro	$619
578 km or 359 mi	Divinopolis	$590
581 km or 361 mi	Formiga	$613
581 km or 361 mi	Sao Jose do Rio Preto	$750
585 km or 363 mi	Mirassol	$688
591 km or 367 mi	Itauna	$582
594 km or 369 mi	Sertaozinho	$629

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482