Sao Paulo vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2532	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$462	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	95	37
😀 Quality of life	65	43
🏙️ Population	11.5M	6.98M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 28% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 5654th and 6602nd ($976 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 4281st and 6725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Zhanjiang

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	Sao Paulo	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1051	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.37	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.69	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.36	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$527	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14254	$18959

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575