Perth vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Perth	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2448	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5605	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$1473	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$2303	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4181	$378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	94	57
😀 Quality of life	96	62
🏙️ Population	2.14M	2.42M

The cost of living in Perth is 184% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 978th and 6516th ($2448 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 12th in Australia and Brazil, respectively. Check Australia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 10th and 5693rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Salvador

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	Perth	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.55	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1621	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2691	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1923	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4935	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.82	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.62	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$81	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2141	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15409	$14902

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743