Curitiba vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$331	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$3141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	86
😀 Quality of life	55	93
🏙️ Population	1.77M	2.79M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 69% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6656th and 861st ($755 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 4th in Brazil and Canada, respectively. Check Brazil vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5882nd and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Toronto

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	Curitiba	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095