Curitiba vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Curitiba	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1931	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$345	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.1	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$3590
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	86
😀 Quality of life	55	94
🏙️ Population	1.77M	2.79M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 70% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6590th and 656th ($766 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 5th 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 1.4 months in Toronto. Curitiba ranked 14th best city to live in Brazil vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 5836th and 52nd 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	$5.35	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.6	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.2	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.1	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.8	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.42%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1301	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.2	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.14	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.96	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.2	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.6	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$276	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7687	$18156

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085