Curitiba vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$331	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	96
😀 Quality of life	55	80
🏙️ Population	1.77M	17.7M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 18% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6656th and 5950th ($755 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5882nd and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Shenzhen

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	Curitiba	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609