This is a page I hope will be quite valuable for travellers coming to Brazil. A few items such as the ones I list here will not satisfy all the doubts a tourist might have, but they certainly give you a basic idea of prices and the cost of living in Brazil. In time, and with the help of the readers of this blog, I would like to turn this basic list into a more thorough listing available for download at this blog. As I explained in the presentation of the page I wrote in the blog, most of the prices listed here refer to the city of São Paulo, where I live.
[an up-to-date exchange rate of the Brazilian real is found on the sidebar of this blog]
PRICES OF THINGS IN BRAZIL
- expresso coffee
· city: São Paulo · place: bar, coffee shop · cheap: R$1 · expensive: R$1,80
- 500 ml bottle of still mineral water
· city: São Paulo · place: supermarket · cheap: R$0,50 · expensive: R$0,80· city: São Paulo · place: bar, restaurant · cheap: R$1 · expensive: R$2,50
- 1.5 l bottle of still mineral water
· city: São Paulo · place: supermarket · cheap: R$0,85 · expensive: R$1,40
- 1 l carton of milk
· city: São Paulo · place: supermarket · cheap: R$1,6 · expensive: R$2,20
- água de coco (coconut water)
· place: beaches all throughout Brazil · cheap: R$1,5 · expensive: R$2,50
- can of Coke
· city: São Paulo · place: supermarket · cheap: R$0,75 · expensive: R$1· city: São Paulo · place: bar, restaurant · cheap: R$2 · expensive: R$3,50
- can of beer (cheap brand)
· city: São Paulo · place: supermarket · cheap: R$0,80 · expensive: R$1· city: São Paulo · place: bar, restaurant · cheap: R$1,5 · expensive: R$3
- basic meal at a por quilo restaurant
· city: São Paulo · place: restaurant · cheap: R$5 · expensive: R$15
- 1 litre of petrol/gas
· city: São Paulo · place: petrol/gas station · cheap: R$2,40 · expensive: R$2,80
- large pizza
· city: São Paulo · place: home delivery · cheap: R$8 · expensive: R$18· city: São Paulo · place: restaurant · cheap: R$16 · expensive: R$30
- rodízio de carne (eat as much meat as you can)
· city: São Paulo · place: restaurant · cheap: R$18 · expensive: R$50
- Internet - 1 hour
· city: São Paulo · place: Internet cafe · cheap: R$3 · expensive: R$10
SEE ALSO: prices in Arraial d’Ajuda 2007
