Sao Paulo vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2682	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$496	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$872	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$701	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	94
😀 Quality of life	69	85
🏙️ Population	11.5M	1.86M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 47% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5192nd and 2069th ($1052 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Brazil and Poland, respectively. Check Brazil vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4142nd and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Warsaw

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	Sao Paulo	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.6	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.12	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.55	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$622	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1124	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.27%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2855	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1938	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.5	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.72	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.55	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.9	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.81	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15428	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349