Chicago vs Guarulhos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chicago	Guarulhos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2667	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6807	$2143
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$3056	$630
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4901	$346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	96	59
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.29M

The cost of living in Chicago is 286% more expensive than in Guarulhos. Cities ranked 483rd and 6983rd ($2667 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 425th and 45th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 0.5 months in Guarulhos. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Guarulhos ranked 5th in Brazil, while ranked 20th and 5397th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Chicago vs Guarulhos infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/chicago/guarulhos.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chicago vs Guarulhos infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chicago/guarulhos" target="_blank">Chicago vs Guarulhos - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chicago vs Guarulhos

Prices for goods and services in Chicago and Guarulhos are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Chicago	Guarulhos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$7.35
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.3	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$6.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.62	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.12	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1974	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3828	$729
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2594	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$54.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	11.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3158	$1141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$1.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.5	$96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$6.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$7.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.2	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2457	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19423	$10855

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2427
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2463
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2424
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2375
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2376
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2177
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2307
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2344
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2352
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2326
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2367
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2412
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2393
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2292
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2305
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2360
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2358
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2268
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2292
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1950
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2293
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2296
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1975
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2276
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2392
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2363
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2276
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2380
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2269
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2280
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2134
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2331
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2002
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2357

Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1012
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$640
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$633
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$644
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$639
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$663
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$674
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$686
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$738
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$679
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$640
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$595
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$606
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$621
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$641
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$640
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$746
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$638
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$664
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$643
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$640