Perth vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Perth	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2562	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5745	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1566	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$2350	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$224	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4370	$381
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	94	57
😀 Quality of life	96	63
🏙️ Population	2.14M	2.42M

The cost of living in Perth is 189% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 791st and 6337th ($2562 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 10th 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 21st in Brazil, while ranked 11th and 5445th 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	$16.4	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1736	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2661	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.93%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6868	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5243	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.45	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.91	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.1	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2283	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$15139

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1831
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2239
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1986
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2018
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1604
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2355
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1905
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$504
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$493
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$387
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$780
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1115
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1606
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$566
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1493
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$2065
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2179
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$416
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$358
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1896
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1813
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1933
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$386
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$450
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$428
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$437
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2543
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1834
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$499
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$500
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$402
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751