Edmonton vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edmonton	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1785	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4092	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$955	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1589	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3052	$477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	95
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	1.01M	11.5M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 76% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 2563rd and 5616th ($1785 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 100th and 1st in Canada and Brazil, respectively. Check Canada vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Edmonton ranked 13th best city to live in Canada vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 172nd and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Edmonton vs Sao Paulo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/edmonton/sao-paulo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Edmonton vs Sao Paulo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/edmonton/sao-paulo" target="_blank">Edmonton vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Edmonton vs Sao Paulo

Prices for goods and services in Edmonton and Sao Paulo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Edmonton	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.36	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$929	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1576	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2798	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.59	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.8	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8270	$13135

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1723
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1727
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2149
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1914
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1854
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$2001
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1586
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1781
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2139
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2250
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1678
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2150
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2011
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2469
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2498
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1642
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1566
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1983
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2417
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2589
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2650
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2278
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2330
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1917

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629