Curitiba vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Curitiba	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1931	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$345	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.1	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$1905
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	55	79
🏙️ Population	1.77M	24.9M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 33% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6590th and 4780th ($766 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 6th in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Curitiba ranked 14th best city to live in Brazil vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5836th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Shanghai

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	Curitiba	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.35	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.6	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.2	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.1	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.8	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.42%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1301	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.2	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.14	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.96	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.2	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.6	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$276	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7687	$31401

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$669
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$659
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$623
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$565
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$596
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$680
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$623
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$581
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$633
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$648
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$691
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$625
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$692
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$653
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$670
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$534
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$620
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$594
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$826
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$636
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$608
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$627
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$629
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$605
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$653
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$629
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$512
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$630
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$661
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$608
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$609
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$621
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$567
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$606
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$604
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$596

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774