Sao Paulo vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2532	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$462	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	46
😀 Quality of life	65	60
🏙️ Population	11.5M	1.47M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 28% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5654th and 6596th ($976 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Sao Paulo compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 4281st and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Yekaterinburg

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	Sao Paulo	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1051	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.37	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.69	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.36	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$527	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14254	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658