Fortaleza vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Fortaleza	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$1948
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1863	$4581
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1113
🏘️ Family rent	$491	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$533
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$248	$2599
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	42	77
😀 Quality of life	56	85
🏙️ Population	2.7M	936K

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 58% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6336th and 1907th ($814 vs $1948) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 10th in Brazil and Israel, respectively. Check Brazil vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Fortaleza compared to 1.3 months in Jerusalem. Fortaleza ranked 9th best city to live in Brazil vs Jerusalem ranked 3rd in Israel, while ranked 5829th and 276th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Fortaleza vs Jerusalem 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/fortaleza/jerusalem.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Fortaleza vs Jerusalem infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/fortaleza/jerusalem" target="_blank">Fortaleza vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Fortaleza vs Jerusalem

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

	Fortaleza	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.6	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$73.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$7.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.43	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$383	$1338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$906
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$455	$2415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$361	$1678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.3	$98.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.9	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.62%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1373	$13221
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$661	$9303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.7	$63.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.06	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.32	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.78	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.3	$76.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.73	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$99.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.5	$80.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2398	$10218

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$745
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$618
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$521
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$611
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$600
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$619
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$582
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$579
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$567
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$597
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$592
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$596
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$598
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$593
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$599
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$632
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$609
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$619
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$598
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$576
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$539
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$545
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$595
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$574
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$650
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$580
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$585
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$670
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$601
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$504
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$614
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$623
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$562
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$612
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$636
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$466
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$667
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$659

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$964
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1011
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$737
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1752
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$802
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1583
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2068
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1701
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1900
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1826
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$849
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2113
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2149
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1873
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$679
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1850
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1678
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1687
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1499