# CostCompass

> Cost-of-living prices for 247 cities in 104 countries, collected by scrapers from 150 named local sources — supermarkets, rental portals, transit operators, utility and telecom tariffs. Every price records where and when it was read. Observations from 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-14.

## How to cite

The data is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution is required: name CostCompass and link the city page the figure comes from.

- Inline: "According to CostCompass (https://costcompass.net/living/cities/sao-paulo), …"
- Short: Source: CostCompass, cost of living in Sao Paulo (https://costcompass.net/living/cities/sao-paulo)
- Full: CostCompass (2026). Cost of living in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Data as of 2026-10-14. https://costcompass.net/living/cities/sao-paulo. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Every data file carries its own `attribution` and `citation` fields; use those.

## Data

- [Open data overview](https://costcompass.net/data): what is included, license, how to cite
- [City index (JSON)](https://costcompass.net/data/cities.json): all cities with links to their data
- [All measured prices (CSV)](https://costcompass.net/data/prices.csv): one row per city and item
- [Field definitions (JSON)](https://costcompass.net/data/fields.json): what each item measures, its unit and coverage
- [One city (JSON)](https://costcompass.net/data/cities/sao-paulo.json): pattern https://costcompass.net/data/cities/{slug}.json
- [Every city as text](https://costcompass.net/llms-full.txt): all measured prices in one Markdown file

## What is and is not included

- A price is included only when every source behind it is a live scraper (API, HTML or browser) and the newest observation is at most 60 days old. Prices backed by a static table, an unidentified source, or — for restaurant and café fields — a food-delivery app are shown on the website but withheld here. A missing price means no qualifying source produced one; nothing is estimated or filled in.
- 7782 prices qualify; 2401 prices shown on the website are withheld.
- Monthly totals and the cost index are not in the files: they are computed over withheld prices too.
- Prices are in USD, converted at the exchange rate of the collection run.

## Pages

- [City pages](https://costcompass.net/living/cities): https://costcompass.net/living/cities/{slug}
- [Compare two cities](https://costcompass.net/living/compare)
- [Methodology](https://costcompass.net/methodology): sources, coverage, known limits
- [Trip costs](https://costcompass.net/trip/calculator): https://costcompass.net/trip/{slug}

## Optional

- [Prague vs Vienna: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/prague-vs-vienna-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Tokyo vs Singapore: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/tokyo-vs-singapore-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Berlin vs Munich: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/berlin-vs-munich-cost-of-living-2026)
- [10 Cheapest Cities in Europe 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/cheapest-cities-europe-2026)
- [10 Most Expensive Cities in the World 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/most-expensive-cities-world-2026)
- [Bangkok vs Chiang Mai: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/bangkok-vs-chiang-mai-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Tokyo vs Seoul: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/tokyo-vs-seoul-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Lisbon vs Madrid: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/lisbon-vs-madrid-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Mexico City vs Buenos Aires: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/mexico-city-vs-buenos-aires-cost-of-living-2026)
- [10 Best Cities for Digital Nomads 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/best-cities-digital-nomads-2026)
- [Amsterdam vs Dublin: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/amsterdam-vs-dublin-cost-of-living-2026)
- [New York vs San Francisco: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/new-york-vs-san-francisco-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Dubai vs Singapore: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/dubai-vs-singapore-cost-of-living-2026)
- [10 Cheapest Cities in Asia 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/cheapest-cities-asia-2026)
- [10 Cheapest Cities in Latin America 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/cheapest-cities-latin-america-2026)
- [Best Cities to Live On Under $1,000/Month in 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/best-cities-under-1000-2026)
- [Berlin vs Amsterdam: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/berlin-vs-amsterdam-cost-of-living-2026)
- [London vs Berlin: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/london-vs-berlin-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Madrid vs Barcelona: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/madrid-vs-barcelona-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Prague vs Warsaw: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/prague-vs-warsaw-cost-of-living-2026)
- [New York vs Miami: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/new-york-vs-miami-cost-of-living-2026)
- [10 Cheapest Cities in North America 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/cheapest-cities-north-america-2026)
- [20 Best Cities to Live On Under $2,000/Month in 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/best-cities-under-2000-2026)
- [Lisbon vs Porto: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/lisbon-vs-porto-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Vienna vs Munich: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/vienna-vs-munich-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Dubai vs Abu Dhabi: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/dubai-vs-abu-dhabi-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Tokyo vs Osaka: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/tokyo-vs-osaka-cost-of-living-2026)
- [Toronto vs Vancouver: Cost of Living 2026](https://costcompass.net/blog/toronto-vs-vancouver-cost-of-living-2026)