Sao Paulo vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Sao Paulo	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1126	$989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$2637
🏠 One person rent	$538	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$954	$706
🍽️ Food expenses	$331	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$843	$1536
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	75	89
🏙️ Population	11.5M	2.36M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 14% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 4918th and 5651st ($1126 vs $989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.6 months in Taoyuan. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 1670th and 245th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Taoyuan

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	Sao Paulo	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.66	$4.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.5	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.1	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.69	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$649	$489
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1195	$870
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$747	$555
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$42.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.4	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.2	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	2.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2685	$7494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1939	$4746
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$38.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.09	$9.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$3.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$5.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.72	$9.63
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.22	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$84.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$486	$526
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15990	$19490

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$821
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$759
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$783
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$765
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$700
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$793
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$713
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$664
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$737
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$713
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$761
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$716
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$715
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$737
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$717
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$753
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$720
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$848
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$746
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$747
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$713
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$722
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$752
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$733
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$723
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$706
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$721
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$710
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$794
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$776
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$673
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$728
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$687
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$901
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$700
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$716
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$720

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$889
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$921
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1123
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1248
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$687
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$792
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$979
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$942
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$874
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$868
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$884
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$904
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$673
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$938
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$844
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$679
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$672
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$648
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$643
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$729
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$717
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$774
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$689
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$687
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$640
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$686
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$705
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$677
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$617
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$474
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$612
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$611
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$696
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$628
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$473