Sao Paulo vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1052	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2682	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$496	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$872	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$701	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	62
😀 Quality of life	69	52
🏙️ Population	11.5M	9.08M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 111% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5192nd and 8696th ($1052 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 4142nd and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Xuzhou

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	Sao Paulo	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.6	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.12	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.55	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$622	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1124	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.27%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2855	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1938	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.5	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.72	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.55	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.2	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.39	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.9	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.81	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15428	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753