Sao Paulo vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Sao Paulo	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1042	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2664	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$480	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$881	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$1657
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	95	95
😀 Quality of life	64	87
🏙️ Population	12.4M	2.6M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 11% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5031st and 4516th ($1042 vs $1169) 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 0.4 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Sao Paulo ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4799th and 209th 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	$7.49	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.6	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$560	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1043	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$696	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.6	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.2	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.78%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2704	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1879	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.5	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.47	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.8	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.65	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.04	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.83	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.4	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.79	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$464	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12031	$19102

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$733
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$744
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$680
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$690
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$711
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$669
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$674
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$645
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$680
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$651
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$652
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$680
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$662
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$677
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$678
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$662
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$657
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$813
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$649
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$678
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$659

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589