Curitiba vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$331	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$313
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	60	38
😀 Quality of life	55	34
🏙️ Population	1.77M	444K

The cost of living in Curitiba is 74% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 6656th and 8890th ($755 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 9th in Brazil and Ghana, respectively. Check Brazil vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 5882nd and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Kumasi

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	Curitiba	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735