Curitiba vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$331	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$3350
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	35
😀 Quality of life	55	79
🏙️ Population	1.77M	679K

The cost of living in Curitiba is 58% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 6656th and 2363rd ($755 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1931st in Brazil and the United States, respectively. Check Brazil vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 5882nd and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs El Paso

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	Curitiba	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$6903

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$652
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$642
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$555
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$581
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$662
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$567
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$614
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$659
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$621
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$632
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$639
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$506
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$594
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$552
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$612
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$581
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$594
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$600
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$609
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$611
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$497
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$615
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$624
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$580
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$577
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$612
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$548
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$600
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$575
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$571

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353