Sao Paulo, Brazil, features a wide variety of free time activities. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, cost of living and startups.
Sao Paulo is one of the top ten city matches for 0.4% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $950.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $760.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.85 |
| Small apartment | $580.00 |
Cost of Living| 5km taxi ride | $7.00 |
|---|---|
| A Cappuccino | $2.50 |
| A beer | $1.40 |
| A kilogram of Apples | $2.00 |
| Bread | $0.53 |
| Inflation [score] | 0.78 |
| Lunch | $9.30 |
| Monthly fitness club membership | $49.00 |
| Monthly public transport | $57.00 |
| Movie ticket | $9.40 |
| Price of a meal at a restaurant | $41.92 |
Startups| Average monthly increase in number of startups | 9 |
|---|---|
| Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.52 |
| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.77 |
| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 23 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.89 |
| Meetups groups | 197 |
| Meetups members | 223126 |
| Number of investors | 140 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 633 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 105 |
| Startup climate scene [score] | 0.55 |
| Startup events | 165 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.75 |
| Startups [score] | 0.81 |
| Total number of startups | 267 |
Venture Capital| Venture capital [score] | 0.43 |
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Travel Connectivity| Airport hub | 96 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.45 |
Commute| Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Brazil/São_Paulo |
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| Traffic handling [score] | 0.30 |
Business Freedom| Business freedom | 61.40 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 0.38 |
| Freedom from corruption | 43.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.35 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 52.50 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.32 |
| Time to open a business | 79.50 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 0.10 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.10 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 21 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 8 |
| Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.42 |
| Lack of guns [score] | 0.96 |
| Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.69 |
Healthcare| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.58 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 75.04 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.50 |
Education| Best university in ranking | University of São Paulo |
|---|---|
| Best university ranking | 275 |
| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 392.89 |
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 410.12 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 404.71 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 52 |
| PISA ranking | 52 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.10 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 44 |
| PISA science (high school) | 49 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.79 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.67 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.49 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.54 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.01 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.01 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.00 |
| University quality [score] | 0.12 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.20 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.39 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.27 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 3.13 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | BRL |
| GDP growth rate | 0.00 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.17 |
| GDP per capita | $16096.32 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.27 |
Taxation| Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.10 |
|---|---|
| Income tax level [score] | 0.47 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.68 |
| Time overhead to file company taxes | 2038 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.42 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 15.37 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.29 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.39 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 8.61 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 287 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 0.98 |
| Cinemas | 253 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.95 |
| Comedy clubs | 232 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.98 |
| Concert venues | 354 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.96 |
| Historical sites | 307 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.87 |
| Museums | 149 |
| Museums [score] | 0.88 |
| Performing art venues | 258 |
| Performing arts [score] | 0.93 |
| Sport venues | 307 |
| Sports [score] | 0.94 |
| Zoos | 96 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.91 |
Tolerance| Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.60 |
|---|---|
| LGBT Equality Index | 74.64 |
| LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.76 |
| LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
| LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (6-month deferral) |
| LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✔ Banned |
| LGBT discrimination legality | Illegal in some contexts |
| LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
| LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT housing discrimination legality | Varies by Region |
| LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
| Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.62 |
Outdoors| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.42 |
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| Median peak in meters | 1270.00 |
| Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
| Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 773.00 |
| Water access [score] | 1.00 |
Costs of living in São Paulo are in the 58th place of all 248 Teleport cities and the second most expensive in Brazil. Moving to São Paulo will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $49 |
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 Movie ticket | $9 |
 Broadband internet connection | $25 |
 Monthly public transport | $57 |
 Lunch | $9 |
Software Engineer salaries in Sao Paulo are below average. For this job type, Sao Paulo ranks 177th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Sao Paulo.
The overall crime rate puts Sao Paulo in position 265 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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12.5São Paulo (; Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ( listen)) is a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city (as listed by the GaWC) and the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, besides being the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The municipality is also the Earth's 9th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, one of the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil, the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Sorocaba and the Paraíba Valley) created the São Paulo Macrometropolis, a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.
Having the largest economy by GDP in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere, the city is home to the São Paulo Stock Exchange. Paulista Avenue is the economic core of São Paulo. The city has the 11th largest GDP in the world, representing alone 10.7% of all Brazilian GDP and 36% of the production of goods and services in the state of São Paulo, being home to 63% of established multinationals in Brazil, and has been responsible for 28% of the national scientific production in 2005. With a GDP of US$477 billion, the São Paulo city alone could be ranked 24th globally compared with countries. (2016 Estimates).
The metropolis is also home to several of the tallest skyscraper buildings in Brazil, including the Mirante do Vale, Edifício Itália, Banespa, North Tower and many others. The city has cultural, economic and political influence both nationally and internationally. It is home to monuments, parks and museums such as the Latin American Memorial, the Ibirapuera Park, Museum of Ipiranga, São Paulo Museum of Art, and the Museum of the Portuguese Language. The city holds events like the São Paulo Jazz Festival, São Paulo Art Biennial, the Brazilian Grand Prix, São Paulo Fashion Week and the ATP Brasil Open. The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade rivals the New York City Pride March as the largest gay pride parade in the world. It is headquarters of the Brazilian television networks Band, Gazeta and RecordTV.
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