Moroni vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moroni	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1196	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2723	$2856
🏠 One person rent	$728	$538
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$954
🍽️ Food expenses	$353	$331
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.2	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$843
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	1	96
😀 Quality of life	19	75
🏙️ Population	85.4K	11.5M

The cost of living in Moroni is 6% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4765th and 4918th ($1196 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Comoros and Brazil, respectively. Check Comoros vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Moroni compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 9125th and 1670th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs Sao Paulo

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	Moroni	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.3	$7.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$42.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.19	$8.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$680	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$405
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1216	$1195
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$747
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.2	$64.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$97.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.83%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1604	$2685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$1939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33	$44.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$9.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.44	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.92	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$1.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.3	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.72	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.74	$9.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.8	$48.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.92	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.9	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$413	$486
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14398	$15990

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1196
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1167
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$933
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$586
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$546
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$417
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$533
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$494
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$604
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$611
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$452
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$456
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$691
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$511
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$489
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$495
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$563
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$522
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$495
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$559
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$463
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$540
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$792
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$618
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$952
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$493
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$415
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1132
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$875
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$807
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$448
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$754
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$543
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$755

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$821
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$759
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$783
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$765
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$700
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$793
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$713
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$664
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$737
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$713
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$761
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$716
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$715
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$737
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$717
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$753
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$720
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$848
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$746
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$747
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$713
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$722
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$752
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$733
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$723
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$706
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$721
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$710
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$794
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$776
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$673
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$728
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$687
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$901
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$700
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$716
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$720