Curitiba vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Curitiba	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$817	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2009	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$362	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$608	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$391
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	60	56
😀 Quality of life	60	62
🏙️ Population	1.77M	2.42M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 3% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6602nd and 6702nd ($817 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 17th in Brazil.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Ranked 18th vs 9th best cities to live in Brazil, and 5872nd vs 5621st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Salvador

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	Curitiba	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.3	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.55	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$644	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.5	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1916	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1300	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.3	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.8	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.08	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.5	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.3	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$286	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6739	$13462

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$704
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$627
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$570
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$606
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$717
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$659
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$558
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$647
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$699
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$716
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$679
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$633
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$693
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$681
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$680
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$547
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$625
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$588
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$904
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$662
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$603
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$616
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$621
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$622
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$666
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$666
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$542
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$673
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$615
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$589
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$576
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$780
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$582
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$654
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$554
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$605

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699