Lyon vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$773	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$374
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	93	56
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	521K	2.42M

The cost of living in Lyon is 123% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3152nd and 6861st ($1570 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 25th in France and Brazil, respectively. Check France vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 195th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Salvador

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	Lyon	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$10392

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677