Curitiba vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$331	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$4771
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	60	99
😀 Quality of life	55	93
🏙️ Population	1.77M	3.9M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 76% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6656th and 80th ($755 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 71st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 5882nd and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Los Angeles

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	Curitiba	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919