Sao Paulo vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2532	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$462	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	95	95
😀 Quality of life	65	86
🏙️ Population	11.5M	2.6M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 17% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5654th and 4534th ($976 vs $1181) 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 0.6 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4281st and 339th 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	$6.51	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1051	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.37	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.69	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.36	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$527	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14254	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581