Sao Paulo vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sao Paulo	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2565	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$481	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$852	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$477	$1966
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	63	83
🏙️ Population	11.5M	1.86M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 43% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5616th and 2592nd ($1012 vs $1780) 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 0.5 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Sao Paulo ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4573rd and 387th 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	$6.82	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1002	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$694	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.2	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.91%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2416	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1687	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.27	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.23	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.84	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.35	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.65	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.8	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$482	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13135	$13474

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390