Sao Paulo vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2532	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$462	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	65	51
🏙️ Population	11.5M	7.1M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 43% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 5654th and 6983rd ($976 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 66th in Brazil and China, respectively. Check Brazil vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 4281st and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Yantai

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	Sao Paulo	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1051	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.37	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.69	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.36	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$527	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14254	$23251

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Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702