Sao Paulo vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Paulo	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2532	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$462	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$581	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	78
😀 Quality of life	65	66
🏙️ Population	11.5M	12.6M

The cost of living in Sao Paulo is 91% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5654th and 8544th ($976 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Sao Paulo ranked 1st best city to live in Brazil vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 4281st and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Paulo vs Zhengzhou

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	Sao Paulo	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1051	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.1	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.37	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.69	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.36	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$527	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14254	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591