Porto Alegre vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Porto Alegre	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$794	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2042	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$333	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$447	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	100
😀 Quality of life	55	79
🏙️ Population	1.33M	24.9M

The cost of living in Porto Alegre is 30% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6457th and 4780th ($794 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 6th in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Porto Alegre compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Porto Alegre ranked 12th best city to live in Brazil vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5818th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Porto Alegre vs Shanghai

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	Porto Alegre	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.66	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.5	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.27	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.12	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$476	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.7	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1518	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1391	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.4	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.06	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.86	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.7	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8117	$31401

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Cities near Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$676
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$584
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$664
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$535
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$592
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$622
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$631
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$639
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$573
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$637
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$573
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$540
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$647
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$549
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$596
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$619
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$472
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$653
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$596
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$622
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$594
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$492
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$593
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$623
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$592
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$660
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$620
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$826
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$728
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$653
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$596
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$648
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$670
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$692
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$758
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$691
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$635
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$623
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$373

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774