Guarulhos vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guarulhos	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$753	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$349	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$364	$3958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	67	88
🏙️ Population	1.32M	246K

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 59% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6972nd and 2713th ($753 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th and 1895th 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 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Louisville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 4893rd and 333rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guarulhos vs Louisville

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	Guarulhos	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.1	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.66	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$374	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.8	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.5	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.31%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1176	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.1	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.91	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.5	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.63	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.3	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$379	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9734	$16074

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011