Guarulhos vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guarulhos	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$783	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2079	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$378	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$314	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$364	$4016
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	68	87
🏙️ Population	1.32M	246K

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 58% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6861st and 2604th ($783 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 40th and 1876th in Brazil and the United States, respectively. Check Brazil vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Guarulhos ranked 7th best city to live in Brazil vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 4485th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Guarulhos	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.6	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.2	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.63	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$257	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.4	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.31%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1907	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1306	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.9	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.68	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.13	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.6	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.3	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$425	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$16070

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Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1126
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$716
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$821
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$737
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$746
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$720
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$700
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$723
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$737
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$713
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$715
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$713
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$765
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$759
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$793
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$713
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$717
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$664
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$794
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$886
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$752
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$761
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$752
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$706
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$673
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$747
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$721
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$699
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$848
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$753
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$722
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$776
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$710
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$733
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$687
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$901
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$716
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$744
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$759
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$722

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035