Sao Paulo vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2682	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$496	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$872	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$701	$1659
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	95	94
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	11.5M	2.6M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 20% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5192nd and 4455th ($1052 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Brazil and Taiwan, respectively. Check Brazil vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.3 months in Taipei. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 4142nd and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Taipei

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	Sao Paulo	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.6	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.12	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.55	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$622	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1124	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.27%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2855	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1938	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.5	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.72	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.55	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.9	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.81	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15428	$17567

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589