Kazan vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$458	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	54	95
😀 Quality of life	65	69
🏙️ Population	1.33M	11.5M

The cost of living in Kazan is 17% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6377th and 5192nd ($868 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Russia and Brazil, respectively. Check Russia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 5213th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Sao Paulo

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	Kazan	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.32	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$15428

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666