Curitiba vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$331	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$374
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	60	56
😀 Quality of life	55	57
🏙️ Population	1.77M	2.42M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 7% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6656th and 6861st ($755 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 25th 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 13th vs 7th best cities to live in Brazil, and 5882nd vs 5641st 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	$4.86	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677