Salvador vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Salvador	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1824	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$323	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$1649
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	56	96
😀 Quality of life	58	79
🏙️ Population	2.42M	17.7M

The cost of living in Salvador is 23% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6712th and 5948th ($741 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 13th 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 Salvador compared to 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Salvador ranked 8th best city to live in Brazil vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5558th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Salvador vs Shenzhen

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	Salvador	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$566	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$365	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.1	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.34%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1184	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$657	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.52	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.22	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.8	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.96	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.3	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.91	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.1	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.7	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.3	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$231	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10964	$24117

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Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618