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Porto Alegre vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Porto Alegre is 16.3% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 13.4% more in Porto Alegre
Groceries: pay 27.8% more in Porto Alegre
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in Porto Alegre
Housing: pay 16.0% less in Porto Alegre
Childcare: pay 46.7% less in Porto Alegre
Entertainment and Sports: pay 25.4% less in Porto Alegre
Clothing: pay 3.6% less in Porto Alegre

The cost of transportation, groceries, and restaurants in Porto Alegre are more expensive than in Ankara. Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, housing, and clothing are lower in Porto Alegre. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Porto Alegre.

Porto Alegre vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Porto Alegre instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 13.4% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY410.93	$6.56 R$35.57	-31.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY359.56	$6.56 R$35.57	-22.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY51.59	$1.21 R$6.58	+0.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY17.49	$0.85 R$4.60	+107.0%
Average			+13.4%

Ankara vs. Porto Alegre - Cost of restaurants

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pay 27.8% more for groceries

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY29.48	$1.50 R$8.13	+117.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY205.38	$5.51 R$29.88	+14.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY156.66	$3.37 R$18.27	-8.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY99.07	$2.27 R$12.31	-2.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY108.76	$2.11 R$11.46	-17.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY29.77	$0.97 R$5.25	+38.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY44.88	$0.63 R$3.40	-40.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.62	$0.63 R$3.42	+5.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY27.15	$0.70 R$3.82	+10.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY12.60	$0.54 R$2.92	+82.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.67	$0.51 R$2.77	+104.1%
Average			+27.8%

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY188.30	$4.23 R$22.94	-4.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY385.24	$67.51 R$365.88	+648.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2,054,633.12	$26,255.09 R$142,286.82	-45.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY287.65	$10.69 R$57.93	+58.7%
Average			+164.4%

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pay 16.0% less for housing

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY586.00	$21.48 R$116.40	+56.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY30,632.71	$317.11 R$1,718.53	-55.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY21,891.63	$293.03 R$1,588.02	-42.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,653.64	$48.69 R$263.90	-21.7%
Average			-16.0%

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pay 46.7% less for childcare

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY25,643.40	$320.69 R$1,737.93	-46.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY602,466.26	$7,501.45 R$40,653.38	-46.8%
Average			-46.7%

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pay 25.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY154.10	$2.25 R$12.20	-37.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY137.60	$2.00 R$10.86	-37.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY92.46	$2.06 R$11.18	-4.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,387.29	$28.69 R$155.47	-48.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY274.81	$6.56 R$35.57	+2.0%
Average			-25.4%

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pay 3.6% less for clothing

	Ankara	Porto Alegre
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,447.41	$50.01 R$271.02	-12.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY1,944.87	$64.03 R$347.01	+40.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,448.28	$92.04 R$498.79	-11.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,097.18	$66.68 R$361.36	-30.5%
Average			-3.6%

Ankara vs. Porto Alegre - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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