Buenos Aires vs Guarulhos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Guarulhos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2043
🏠 One person rent	$470	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$596
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$330
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	79	94
😀 Quality of life	74	59
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.32M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 71% more expensive than in Guarulhos. Cities ranked 4694th and 7119th ($1130 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 53rd in Argentina and Brazil, respectively. Check Argentina vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.5 months in Guarulhos. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Guarulhos ranked 4th in Brazil, while ranked 1194th and 5407th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Guarulhos

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	Buenos Aires	Guarulhos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$6.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$6.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1562
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$1090
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$36.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$8512

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$976
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$622
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$605
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$618
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$615
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$636
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$647
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$661
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$703
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$628
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$621
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$568
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$600
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$612
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$614
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$603
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$732
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$654
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$639
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$621