Guarulhos vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guarulhos	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2143	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$202	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$630	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$1649
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	59	79
🏙️ Population	1.29M	17.7M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 28% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6983rd and 5948th ($691 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 45th and 13th in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Guarulhos ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5397th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guarulhos vs Shenzhen

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	Guarulhos	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.35	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.42	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.1	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.7	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1651	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1141	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.13	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.16	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.66	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.3	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.43	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10855	$24117

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618