Rio de Janeiro vs Turin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rio de Janeiro	Turin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1582
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2347	$3908
🏠 One person rent	$458	$762
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$1307
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$538
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$1975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	52
😀 Quality of life	67	85
🏙️ Population	6.21M	842K

The cost of living in Rio de Janeiro is 41% less expensive than in Turin. Cities ranked 6006th and 3609th ($940 vs $1582) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in Brazil and Italy, respectively. Check Brazil vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Rio de Janeiro compared to 1.2 months in Turin. Rio de Janeiro ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Turin ranked 8th in Italy, while ranked 4818th and 447th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Rio de Janeiro vs Turin infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/rio-de-janeiro/turin.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Rio de Janeiro vs Turin infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/rio-de-janeiro/turin" target="_blank">Rio de Janeiro vs Turin - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Rio de Janeiro vs Turin

Prices for goods and services in Rio de Janeiro and Turin are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Rio de Janeiro	Turin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.45	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$75.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.48	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.36	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$3.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$501	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$548
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$881	$1390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$977
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.9	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$28.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.58%	3.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1966	$4337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.5	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.88	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.22	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.17	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$6.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.4	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.18	$2.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.37	$9.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.1	$77.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.6	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$531	$755
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12076	$13620

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Rio de Janeiro

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Niteroi	$739
18 km or 11 mi	Duque de Caxias	$653
21 km or 13 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$648
26 km or 16 mi	Belford Roxo	$810
31 km or 19 mi	Nova Iguacu	$590
45 km or 28 mi	Petropolis	$706
60 km or 37 mi	Teresopolis	$498
70 km or 44 mi	Saquarema	$564
98 km or 61 mi	Nova Friburgo	$445
102 km or 64 mi	Volta Redonda	$539
108 km or 67 mi	Barra Mansa	$557
112 km or 70 mi	Sao Pedro da Aldeia	$530
115 km or 72 mi	Angra dos Reis	$683
121 km or 75 mi	Cabo Frio	$525
130 km or 81 mi	Juiz de Fora	$550
135 km or 84 mi	Rio das Ostras	$506
137 km or 85 mi	Resende	$603
157 km or 97 mi	Macae	$625
184 km or 115 mi	Cruzeiro	$631
196 km or 122 mi	Barbacena	$540
199 km or 123 mi	Lorena	$673
200 km or 124 mi	Ubatuba	$632
201 km or 125 mi	Uba	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Guaratingueta	$643
215 km or 134 mi	Muriae	$613
226 km or 140 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$541
231 km or 144 mi	Campos dos Goytacazes	$518
232 km or 144 mi	Pindamonhangaba	$620
238 km or 148 mi	Itajuba	$536
240 km or 149 mi	Caraguatatuba	$625
241 km or 150 mi	Taubate	$611
242 km or 150 mi	Vicosa	$618
245 km or 152 mi	Sao Sebastiao	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Tres Coracoes	$559
257 km or 160 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$644
258 km or 160 mi	Cacapava	$657
264 km or 164 mi	Lavras	$530
275 km or 171 mi	Varginha	$492
277 km or 172 mi	Sao Jose dos Campos	$819
279 km or 173 mi	Ponte Nova	$586

Cities near Turin

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Asti	$1268
62 km or 39 mi	Biella	$1263
63 km or 39 mi	Vercelli	$1316
74 km or 46 mi	Alessandria	$1308
77 km or 48 mi	Mondovi	$1336
77 km or 48 mi	Cuneo	$1257
80 km or 50 mi	Aosta	$1662
83 km or 52 mi	Novara	$1264
94 km or 58 mi	Tortona	$1469
96 km or 59 mi	Vigevano	$1770
103 km or 64 mi	Voghera	$1624
105 km or 65 mi	Savona	$1642
109 km or 67 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1781
115 km or 71 mi	Pavia	$1474
115 km or 72 mi	Chamonix	$1968
118 km or 73 mi	Buccinasco	$1792
122 km or 76 mi	Varese	$1605
122 km or 76 mi	Saronno	$1808
122 km or 76 mi	Genoa	$1620
125 km or 78 mi	Milan	$2307
132 km or 82 mi	Sion	$2397
134 km or 83 mi	Imperia	$1473
134 km or 83 mi	Seregno	$1699
134 km or 83 mi	Cantu	$1649
136 km or 84 mi	Monza	$1764
136 km or 85 mi	Como	$1803
139 km or 86 mi	Sanremo	$1504
142 km or 88 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
144 km or 89 mi	Lodi	$1344
144 km or 89 mi	Lugano	$2673
145 km or 90 mi	Menton	$1488
149 km or 93 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
150 km or 93 mi	Chambery	$1406
150 km or 93 mi	Monaco City	$9122
153 km or 95 mi	Annecy	$1727
155 km or 97 mi	Grenoble	$1525
156 km or 97 mi	Nice	$1884
156 km or 97 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
157 km or 98 mi	Piacenza	$1582
159 km or 99 mi	Lecco	$1489