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San Luis Potosi vs. Porto Alegre Cost of Living Summary

San Luis Potosi is 17.9% more expensive than Porto Alegre.

Restaurants: pay 41.1% more in San Luis Potosi
Groceries: pay 53.5% more in San Luis Potosi
Transportation: pay 12.0% more in San Luis Potosi
Housing: pay 29.9% more in San Luis Potosi
Childcare: pay 73.0% less in San Luis Potosi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.5% more in San Luis Potosi
Clothing: pay 7.1% less in San Luis Potosi

The cost of groceries, restaurants, housing, transportation, and entertainment and sports in San Luis Potosi are more expensive than in Porto Alegre. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in San Luis Potosi.

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San Luis Potosi vs. Porto Alegre Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Luis Potosi instead of Porto Alegre, you would:

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pay 41.1% more for restaurants

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.96 R$40.32	$13.91 MX$257.20	+74.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.97 R$35.28	$9.46 MX$174.89	+35.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 R$6.96	$1.36 MX$25.21	-0.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 R$5.44	$0.95 MX$17.49	-12.0%
Average			+41.1%

Porto Alegre vs. San Luis Potosi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 53.5% more for groceries

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.69 R$8.53	$2.59 MX$47.84	+53.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.08 R$25.73	$4.23 MX$78.19	-16.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.83 R$19.40	$5.85 MX$108.20	+52.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.46 R$12.44	$2.71 MX$50.05	+10.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.18 R$11.03	$4.62 MX$85.46	+112.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.09 R$5.53	$1.51 MX$27.84	+37.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.66 R$3.36	$0.74 MX$13.72	+11.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.63 R$3.17	$1.01 MX$18.67	+61.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.74 R$3.73	$1.17 MX$21.62	+58.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 R$2.83	$1.20 MX$22.18	+114.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.50 R$2.53	$1.45 MX$26.85	+190.5%
Average			+53.5%

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pay 12.0% more for transportation

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.94 R$25.01	$5.46 MX$100.98	+10.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$59.73 R$302.37	$72.56 MX$1,341.90	+21.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,669.59 R$120K	$21,528.95 MX$398K	-9.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.90 R$40.01	$14.13 MX$261.27	+78.7%
Average			+12.0%

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pay 29.9% more for housing

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.90 R$110.86	$31.52 MX$582.98	+44.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$481.30 R$2,436.56	$656.46 MX$12,139.76	+36.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$279.01 R$1,412.50	$469.53 MX$8,683.01	+68.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.38 R$295.53	$32.21 MX$595.64	-44.8%
Average			+29.9%

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pay 73.0% less for childcare

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$557.40 R$2,821.85	$263.32 MX$4,869.62	-52.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,711.01 R$120K	$3,645.74 MX$67,420.24	-84.6%
Average			-73.0%

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pay 8.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.39 R$12.09	$2.64 MX$48.87	+10.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.55 R$12.90	$3.34 MX$61.73	+31.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.48 R$12.58	$4.17 MX$77.16	+67.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$29.37 R$148.70	$30.60 MX$565.84	+4.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.27 R$36.79	$5.84 MX$108.02	-19.6%
Average			+8.5%

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pay 7.1% less for clothing

	Porto Alegre	San Luis Potosi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$50.34 R$254.82	$55.63 MX$1,028.79	+10.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$58.19 R$294.60	$38.94 MX$720.16	-33.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.92 R$515.98	$101.97 MX$1,885.78	+0.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$79.07 R$400.27	$79.72 MX$1,474.26	+0.8%
Average			-7.1%

Porto Alegre vs. San Luis Potosi - Cost of clothing

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