Sao Paulo vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2532	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$462	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$794
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	47
😀 Quality of life	65	62
🏙️ Population	11.5M	276K

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 23% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 5654th and 6461st ($976 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Brazil and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Brazil vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 4281st and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Sarajevo

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	Sao Paulo	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1051	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.37	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.69	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.36	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$527	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14254	$2856

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768