Monaco City vs Rio de Janeiro - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Monaco City	Rio de Janeiro
🚶 Cost of living one person	$6593	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10079	$2281
🏠 One person rent	$5638	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$6516	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$705	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.7	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6335	$372
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	21	95
😀 Quality of life	63	62
🏙️ Population	38.4K	6.21M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 620% more expensive than in Rio de Janeiro. Cities ranked 2nd and 5954th ($6593 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Monaco and Brazil, respectively. Check Monaco vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 0.4 months in Rio de Janeiro. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Rio de Janeiro ranked 3rd in Brazil, while ranked 4590th and 4857th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Rio de Janeiro

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	Monaco City	Rio de Janeiro
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.1	$5.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$29.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.06	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5775	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5319	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6181	$821
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6198	$535
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$92.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	11.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$79784	$1746
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$66886	$1118
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.92	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$7.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$7.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$7.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.56	$7.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$1.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.1	$3.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.49	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.9	$24.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$6.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.6	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$7.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$46.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$151	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2055	$506
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$41744	$10819

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1364
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1673
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1650
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1362
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1707
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1344
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1074
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1203
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1512
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1338
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1308
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1470
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1209
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1424
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1293
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1571
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1401
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1389
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1202
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1496
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1348
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1478
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1162
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1434
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1503
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1338
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1271
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1157
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1328
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1474
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1280
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1495
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1334
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1371
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1310
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496

Cities near Rio de Janeiro

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Niteroi	$718
18 km or 11 mi	Duque de Caxias	$614
21 km or 13 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Belford Roxo	$769
31 km or 19 mi	Nova Iguacu	$562
45 km or 28 mi	Petropolis	$587
60 km or 37 mi	Teresopolis	$546
70 km or 44 mi	Saquarema	$632
98 km or 61 mi	Nova Friburgo	$474
102 km or 64 mi	Volta Redonda	$522
108 km or 67 mi	Barra Mansa	$537
112 km or 70 mi	Sao Pedro da Aldeia	$589
115 km or 72 mi	Angra dos Reis	$636
121 km or 75 mi	Cabo Frio	$584
130 km or 81 mi	Juiz de Fora	$462
135 km or 84 mi	Rio das Ostras	$482
137 km or 85 mi	Resende	$572
157 km or 97 mi	Macae	$642
184 km or 115 mi	Cruzeiro	$595
196 km or 122 mi	Barbacena	$487
199 km or 123 mi	Lorena	$631
200 km or 124 mi	Ubatuba	$599
201 km or 125 mi	Uba	$563
208 km or 129 mi	Guaratingueta	$603
215 km or 134 mi	Muriae	$584
226 km or 140 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$505
231 km or 144 mi	Campos dos Goytacazes	$536
232 km or 144 mi	Pindamonhangaba	$588
238 km or 148 mi	Itajuba	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Caraguatatuba	$593
241 km or 150 mi	Taubate	$581
242 km or 150 mi	Vicosa	$584
245 km or 152 mi	Sao Sebastiao	$599
251 km or 156 mi	Tres Coracoes	$523
257 km or 160 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$602
258 km or 160 mi	Cacapava	$605
264 km or 164 mi	Lavras	$503
275 km or 171 mi	Varginha	$449
277 km or 172 mi	Sao Jose dos Campos	$705
279 km or 173 mi	Ponte Nova	$562