Porto Alegre vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Porto Alegre	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1913	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$320	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$572	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	72	70
😀 Quality of life	56	68
🏙️ Population	1.33M	12.7M

The cost of living in Porto Alegre is 13% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6663rd and 6198th ($752 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Porto Alegre ranked 10th best city to live in Brazil vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5820th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Porto Alegre vs Suzhou

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	Porto Alegre	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.97	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.1	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$284	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.9	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.88	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.45	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.69	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.94	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.69	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$281	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7512	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613