Guarulhos vs Monrovia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guarulhos	Monrovia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2143	$1302
🏠 One person rent	$202	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$630	$438
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$46.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$395
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	21
😀 Quality of life	59	42
🏙️ Population	1.29M	1.02M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 31% more expensive than in Monrovia. Cities ranked 6983rd and 8461st ($691 vs $528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 45th and 1st in Brazil and Liberia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Liberia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 0.7 months in Monrovia. Guarulhos ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Monrovia ranked 1st in Liberia, while ranked 5397th and 6736th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Guarulhos vs Monrovia

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

	Guarulhos	Monrovia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.35	$3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.42	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$496
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.1	$56.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.7	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	12.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1651	$1594
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1141	$850
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.13	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96	$11.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.16	$5.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.66	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$6.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.3	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.43	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$3.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$26.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75	$61.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$84.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10855	$2993

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1012
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$640
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$633
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$644
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$639
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$663
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$674
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$686
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$738
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$679
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$640
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$595
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$606
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$621
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$641
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$640
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$746
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$638
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$664
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$643
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$640

Cities near Monrovia

Distance	City	Cost of living
56 km or 35 mi	Kakata	$494
180 km or 112 mi	Kenema	$1146
210 km or 131 mi	Bo	$1138
243 km or 151 mi	Greenville	$494
260 km or 161 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
262 km or 163 mi	Gueckedou	$983
272 km or 169 mi	Nzerekore	$971
288 km or 179 mi	Yekepa	$494
361 km or 224 mi	Freetown	$1213
459 km or 285 mi	Forecariah	$974
474 km or 295 mi	Mamou	$994
479 km or 297 mi	Conakry	$1030
482 km or 300 mi	Kankan	$979
539 km or 335 mi	Gagnoa	$1035
557 km or 346 mi	Boffa	$972
605 km or 376 mi	Divo	$1034
613 km or 381 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1021
655 km or 407 mi	Bouake	$1071
669 km or 416 mi	Korhogo	$1047
675 km or 419 mi	Bougouni	$496
719 km or 447 mi	Dabou	$1011
730 km or 453 mi	Agboville	$1012
758 km or 471 mi	Abidjan	$1164
769 km or 478 mi	Bamako	$574
777 km or 483 mi	Bafata	$866
792 km or 492 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1014
793 km or 493 mi	Sikasso	$503
809 km or 503 mi	Abengourou	$1015
811 km or 504 mi	Bissau	$889
811 km or 504 mi	Koulikoro	$497
861 km or 535 mi	Kolda	$1039
885 km or 550 mi	Banamba	$495
898 km or 558 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$766
919 km or 571 mi	Ziguinchor	$1061
936 km or 582 mi	Segou	$498
969 km or 602 mi	Markala	$496
1004 km or 624 mi	Brikama	$569
1008 km or 627 mi	Obuasi	$546
1012 km or 629 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$548
1014 km or 630 mi	Lamin	$520