Marseille vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Marseille	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1733	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$756	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$1311	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$196	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2408	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	43	56
😀 Quality of life	87	62
🏙️ Population	877K	2.42M

The cost of living in Marseille is 119% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2991st and 6702nd ($1733 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 17th in France and Brazil, respectively. Check France vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Marseille compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Marseille ranked 8th best city to live in France vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 374th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Marseille vs Salvador

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

	Marseille	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.29	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1046	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.9%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5072	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3564	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.2	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.4	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$27.9	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10222	$13462

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1700
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1761
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1478
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1438
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1340
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1593
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1915
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1867
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1884
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$9122
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1501
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1488
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1300
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1216
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1504
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1525
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1257
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1374
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1473
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1490
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1336
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1239
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1594
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1580
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1555
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1406
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1582
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1642
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1693
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1638
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1268
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1727
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1192
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1575
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1620

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699