Buenos Aires vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2664
🏠 One person rent	$365	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$881
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$460
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	79	95
😀 Quality of life	71	64
🏙️ Population	3.12M	12.4M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 24% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6407th and 5031st ($791 vs $1042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.4 months in Sao Paulo. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 2311th and 4799th 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	$7.12	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$560
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1043
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$696
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$93.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$22.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	10.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$2704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$1879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$50.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$8.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$9.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$28.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$7.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$60.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$12031

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$657
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$650
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$658
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$658
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$639
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$705
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$642
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$536
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$683
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$644
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$665
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$666
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$558
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$679
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$629
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$579
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$597
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$577
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$626
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$623
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$581
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$623
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$581
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$605

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$733
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$744
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$680
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$690
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$711
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$669
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$674
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$645
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$680
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$651
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$652
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$680
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$662
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$677
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$678
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$662
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$657
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$813
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$649
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$678
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$659