Guarulhos vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guarulhos	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2043	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$189	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$330	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	59	74
🏙️ Population	1.32M	13.1M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 47% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7119th and 4359th ($662 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Guarulhos ranked 4th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5407th and 1187th 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	$6.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.97	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$488	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1562	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1090	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.63	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.78	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.38	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8512	$12252

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Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$976
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$622
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$605
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$618
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$615
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$636
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$647
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$661
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$703
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$628
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$621
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$568
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$600
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$612
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$614
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$603
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$732
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$654
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$639
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$621

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592