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Cabo Verde vs. Brazil Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 12.9% more expensive than Brazil overall.

Restaurants
pay 15.9% more in Cabo Verde
Groceries
pay 58.0% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation
pay 9.1% more in Cabo Verde
Housing
pay 15.7% more in Cabo Verde
Childcare
pay 62.3% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports
pay 14.2% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing
pay 14.2% less in Cabo Verde

The cost of groceries, restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, and transportation in Cabo Verde are more expensive than in Brazil. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Cabo Verde.

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Cabo Verde vs. Brazil Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Brazil, you would:

pay 15.9% more for restaurants

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.38
R$32.28
$6.49
CVE636.84
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.64
R$38.69
$9.14
CVE896.16
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.24
R$6.29
$1.81
CVE177.58
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pay 58.0% more for groceries

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.68
R$8.52
$1.81
CVE177.40
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.73
R$23.94
$8.45
CVE828.98
Milk (1 gallon) $4.09
R$20.72
$5.55
CVE544.34
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pay 9.1% more for transportation

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.74
R$23.98
$5.84
CVE572.94
Monthly public transit pass $45.86
R$232.15
$29.80
CVE2,922.87
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $23,586.89
R$119K
$28,897.98
CVE3M
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pay 15.7% more for housing

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $20.44
R$103.47
$50.02
CVE4,906.55
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $357.22
R$1,808.43
$414.04
CVE40,611.67
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $237.92
R$1,204.46
$227.30
CVE22,294.98
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pay 62.3% less for childcare

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $316.73
R$1,603.45
$120.41
CVE11,810.54
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,251.15
R$41,771.44
$3,082.45
CVE302K
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pay 14.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.00
R$10.12
$3.26
CVE319.92
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.02
R$10.23
$2.01
CVE196.85
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.46
R$12.44
$4.97
CVE487.34
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pay 14.2% less for clothing

 
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $54.36
R$275.19
$46.30
CVE4,541.67
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $50.01
R$253.16
$25.35
CVE2,486.43
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $87.76
R$444.28
$65.91
CVE6,464.72
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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