Sao Paulo vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sao Paulo	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1254
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2565	$2954
🏠 One person rent	$481	$650
🏘️ Family rent	$852	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$477	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	95	38
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	11.5M	767K

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 19% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 5616th and 4447th ($1012 vs $1254) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Brazil and Croatia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Sao Paulo compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Sao Paulo ranked 2nd best city to live in Brazil vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 4573rd and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Zagreb

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	Sao Paulo	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.82	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.22	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.13	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1002	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$694	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.2	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.91%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2416	$4189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1687	$3073
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.27	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.23	$5.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.84	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.35	$3.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.65	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.8	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$91.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.4	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$482	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13135	$10598

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1142
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1147
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$999
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1146
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1143
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1217
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$618
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$663
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1500
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$566
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1174
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1270
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1397
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1764
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$802
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$745
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1770
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1362
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$789
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1188
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$851
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1361
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1247
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1674
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1347
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1424
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1061
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1265
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$641
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$883
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1366
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$890
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$860
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$780