Guarulhos vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guarulhos	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$753	$2674
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$6072
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$349	$3066
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$234
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$364	$1241
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	95	100
😀 Quality of life	67	82
🏙️ Population	1.32M	7.41M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 72% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 6972nd and 621st ($753 vs $2674) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1st in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Guarulhos ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 4893rd and 632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guarulhos vs Hong Kong

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	Guarulhos	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.1	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.66	$6.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$1.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$2025
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$1485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$374	$3592
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$2650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.8	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.5	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$21
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.31%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$25175
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1176	$16126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.1	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.91	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$24.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$9.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.5	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$3.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$77.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.63	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.3	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$379	$1026
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9734	$22890

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Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1115
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$724
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$795
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$687
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$723
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$684
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$742
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$713
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$746
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$741
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$752
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$699
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$753
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$754
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$782
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$753
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$716
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$645
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$883
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$741
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$753
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$750
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$739
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$651
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$741
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$737
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$700
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$841
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$754
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$715
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$783
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$695
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$727
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$655
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$882
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$703
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$751
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$756
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$716

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2415
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$939
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$674
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1718
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$534
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$666
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$621
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$848
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$782
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$943
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$844
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$765
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$795
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$832
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$896
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$589
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$464
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$807
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$602
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$465
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$673
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$816
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$760
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$789
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$790
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$769
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$814
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$730
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$738
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$698
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$723
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$694
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$699
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$903
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$533
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$608