Sao Paulo vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sao Paulo	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2565	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$481	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$852	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$477	$1789
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	95	95
😀 Quality of life	63	86
🏙️ Population	11.5M	2.6M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 13% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5616th and 4715th ($1012 vs $1158) 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 0.5 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Sao Paulo ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4573rd and 311th 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	$6.82	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1002	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$694	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.2	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.91%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2416	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1687	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.27	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.23	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.84	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.35	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.65	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.8	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$482	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13135	$18424

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605