Columbus vs Guarulhos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Guarulhos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$2143
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$630
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	72	94
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	906K	1.29M

The cost of living in Columbus is 226% more expensive than in Guarulhos. Cities ranked 1248th and 6983rd ($2252 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 Columbus compared to 0.5 months in Guarulhos. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Guarulhos ranked 5th in Brazil, while ranked 242nd and 5397th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Columbus	Guarulhos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$7.35
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$729
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$54.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	11.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$1141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$6.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$7.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$10855

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

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