Guarulhos vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guarulhos	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$783	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2079	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$378	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$314	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$364	$1104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	95	96
😀 Quality of life	68	72
🏙️ Population	1.32M	13.3M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 53% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6861st and 3277th ($783 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 40th and 1st in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Guarulhos ranked 7th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4485th and 2774th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guarulhos vs Moscow

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	Guarulhos	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.6	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.2	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.63	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$257	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.4	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.31%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1907	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1306	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.9	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.68	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.13	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.6	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.3	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$425	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$20160

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749