Curitiba vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Curitiba	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$817	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2009	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$362	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$608	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$931
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	60	77
🏙️ Population	1.77M	24.9M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 28% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6602nd and 4879th ($817 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Curitiba ranked 18th best city to live in Brazil vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5872nd and 1383rd 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	$5.23	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.3	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.55	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$644	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.5	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1916	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1300	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.3	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.8	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.08	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.5	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.3	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$286	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6739	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753