Guarulhos vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guarulhos	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2143	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$202	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$630	$330
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$63.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	94	17
😀 Quality of life	59	37
🏙️ Population	1.29M	9.03M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 15% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6983rd and 7790th ($691 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 45th and 315th 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Guarulhos ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Zhoukou ranked 337th in China, while ranked 5397th and 7211th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Guarulhos vs Zhoukou

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

	Guarulhos	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.35	$3.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$27.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.42	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.26	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$141
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$215
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.1	$49.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1651	$3443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1141	$1985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.16	$2.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$3.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.66	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$25.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.3	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.43	$6.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$4.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$58.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10855	$15431

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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$612
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$619
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$610
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$659
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$568
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$587
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$559
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$571
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$775
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$673
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$531
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$542
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$819
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$555
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1433
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$535
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$588
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$613
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$586
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$655
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$521
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$639
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$565
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$517
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$525
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$511
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$647
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$648
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$826
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$614
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$650
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$528