Porto Alegre vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Porto Alegre	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$816	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2027	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$353	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$595	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$500	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	74	100
😀 Quality of life	61	77
🏙️ Population	1.33M	24.9M

The cost of living in Porto Alegre is 28% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6605th and 4879th ($816 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Porto Alegre ranked 14th best city to live in Brazil vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5818th and 1383rd 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	$5.79	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.15	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$295	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.8	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.83%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1446	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.6	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.55	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.16	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.4	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.87	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.37	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.87	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.1	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.14	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.5	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.4	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$309	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7258	$27624

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Cities near Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$660
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$575
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$676
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$571
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$580
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$616
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$637
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$633
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$562
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$661
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$586
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$531
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$576
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$557
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$587
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$526
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$666
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$616
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$608
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$476
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$487
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$563
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$621
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$573
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$659
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$625
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$904
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$773
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$681
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$699
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$680
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$693
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$537
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$816
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$716
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$626
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$659
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$444

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753