Porto Alegre vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Porto Alegre	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1913	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$320	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$572	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	56	80
🏙️ Population	1.33M	17.7M

The cost of living in Porto Alegre is 18% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6663rd and 5950th ($752 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Porto Alegre ranked 10th best city to live in Brazil vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5820th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Porto Alegre vs Shenzhen

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	Porto Alegre	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.97	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.1	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$284	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.88	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.45	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.69	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.94	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.69	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$281	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7512	$22267

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Cities near Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$632
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$546
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$624
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$495
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$564
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$584
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$593
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$599
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$536
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$608
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$549
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$537
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$540
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$519
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$529
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$551
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$500
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$619
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$578
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$577
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$446
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$463
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$537
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$589
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$544
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$628
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$594
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$857
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$707
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$553
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$632
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$639
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$510
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$758
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$659
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$600
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$461

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609