Milan vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milan	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2307	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5512	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$1295	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$2316	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$634	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$195	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2386	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	98	56
😀 Quality of life	88	62
🏙️ Population	1.35M	2.42M

The cost of living in Milan is 192% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1250th and 6702nd ($2307 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Italy and Brazil, respectively. Check Italy vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Milan compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Milan ranked 2nd best city to live in Italy vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 315th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milan vs Salvador

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	Milan	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.4	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.1	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.24	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.48	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.35	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1056	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2665	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1944	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.8	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.11%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10174	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5200	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.1	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.1	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.96	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.6	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$850	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16429	$13462

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Cities near Milan

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	Buccinasco	$1792
15 km or 9.1 mi	Monza	$1764
20 km or 13 mi	Seregno	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Saronno	$1808
29 km or 18 mi	Lodi	$1344
30 km or 19 mi	Cantu	$1649
30 km or 19 mi	Vigevano	$1770
31 km or 19 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1781
31 km or 20 mi	Pavia	$1474
39 km or 24 mi	Como	$1803
40 km or 25 mi	Crema	$1474
45 km or 28 mi	Novara	$1264
45 km or 28 mi	Bergamo	$1547
46 km or 28 mi	Lecco	$1489
48 km or 30 mi	Varese	$1605
55 km or 34 mi	Voghera	$1624
61 km or 38 mi	Piacenza	$1582
63 km or 39 mi	Vercelli	$1316
63 km or 39 mi	Lugano	$2673
69 km or 43 mi	Tortona	$1469
76 km or 47 mi	Cremona	$1402
76 km or 47 mi	Alessandria	$1308
81 km or 50 mi	Brescia	$1762
82 km or 51 mi	Bellinzona	$3158
89 km or 55 mi	Biella	$1263
100 km or 62 mi	Asti	$1268
116 km or 72 mi	Parma	$1589
120 km or 74 mi	Genoa	$1620
125 km or 78 mi	Turin	$1582
130 km or 81 mi	Mantua	$1602
140 km or 87 mi	Savona	$1642
141 km or 87 mi	Verona	$1657
142 km or 88 mi	Reggio Emilia	$1446
149 km or 92 mi	Aosta	$1662
156 km or 97 mi	Chur	$2846
159 km or 99 mi	La Spezia	$1615
162 km or 100 mi	Sassuolo	$1589
162 km or 101 mi	Mondovi	$1336
164 km or 102 mi	Trento	$1612
164 km or 102 mi	Modena	$1700

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