Buenos Aires vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$402	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	79	95
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	3.12M	11.5M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 10% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6099th and 5616th ($909 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Argentina and Brazil, respectively. Check Argentina vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 1789th and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Sao Paulo

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	Buenos Aires	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$13135

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$672
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$808
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$620
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$783
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$770
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$777
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$773
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$540
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$717
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$777
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$779
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$481
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$764
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$790
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$756
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$766
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$801
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$812
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$769
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$672
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$760
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$752
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$771
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$627
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$751
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$801
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$748
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$740
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$683
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$759
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$749
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$728
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$748
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$757
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$721
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$754
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$767
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$742

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629