Blumenau - Santa Catarina
- Population
- 361,000
- Coordinates
- 26.92° S, 49.07° W
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $898 a month in Blumenau - Santa Catarina, rent included: 85% less than in New York. The average net salary is $757 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%55
- Safetycountry20%43
- Health carecountry15%55
- Climate10%89
- Air quality10%89
- Connectivitycountry10%58
- Cost10%76
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Brazil
- #28
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #808
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Blumenau - Santa Catarina | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $6.84 | $25.00 | −73% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $44.89 | $140 | −68% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $7.81 | $14.00 | −44% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.18 | $8.00 | −60% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $3.76 | $10.00 | −62% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.43 | $6.37 | −62% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.27 | $3.80 | −67% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.87 | $2.89 | −70% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.92 | $1.36 | −32% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.71 | $4.68 | −64% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.26 | $6.97 | −82% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.93 | $5.73 | −66% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $9.98 | $17.38 | −43% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $4.34 | $15.11 | −71% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $8.10 | $17.77 | −54% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.26 | $6.11 | −63% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $0.97 | $2.20 | −56% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.50 | $5.77 | −74% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.70 | $6.25 | −73% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.55 | $3.47 | −55% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.24 | $4.17 | −70% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.86 | $2.72 | −69% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.81 | $2.50 | −68% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.79 | $20.00 | −56% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.76 | $3.21 | −45% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.70 | $3.96 | −7% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $2.15 | $19.00 | −89% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.17 | $3.00 | −61% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $53.66 | $140 | −62% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $1.33 | $3.00 | −56% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.55 | $2.18 | −75% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $2.93 | $42.00 | −93% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.21 | $1.10 | +10% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $23,203 | $35,458 | −35% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $31,697 | $25,309 | +25% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $13.71 | $73.50 | −81% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $22.53 | $71.93 | −69% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $24.82 | $126 | −80% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $19.52 | $62.38 | −69% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $6.39 | $23.00 | −72% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $395 | $3,366 | −88% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $7,026 | $60,589 | −88% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $61.59 | $72.80 | −15% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $49.02 | $53.22 | −8% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $111 | $118 | −6% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $93.92 | $125 | −25% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $388 | $4,417 | −91% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $275 | $3,033 | −91% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $744 | $9,242 | −92% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $566 | $5,461 | −90% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $1,671 | $18,759 | −91% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,291 | $6,523 | −80% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $757 | $5,178 | −85% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 10.27% | 6.49% | +3.8 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $388 | $757 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 34.9 | $399 | $781 |
| Apr 2026 | 34.5 | $395 | $773 |
| Jan 2026 | 32.3 | $331 | $724 |
| Dec 2025 | 32.3 | $325 | $647 |
| Nov 2025 | 32.3 | $320 | $530 |
| Aug 2025 | 31.5 | $298 | $509 |
| May 2025 | 30.0 | $286 | $472 |
| Apr 2025 | 34.0 | $267 | $464 |
| Mar 2025 | 29.6 | $271 | $471 |
| Feb 2025 | 28.9 | $264 | $458 |
| Jan 2025 | 28.1 | $256 | $445 |
| Dec 2024 | 28.0 | $257 | $440 |
| Nov 2024 | 29.1 | $274 | $445 |
| Oct 2024 | 30.4 | $292 | $393 |
| Sep 2024 | 31.1 | $301 | $405 |
| Aug 2024 | 31.1 | $300 | $404 |
| Jul 2024 | 31.2 | $300 | $403 |
| Jun 2024 | 32.2 | $309 | $415 |
| May 2024 | 30.3 | $307 | $311 |
| Apr 2024 | 30.8 | $312 | $317 |
| Mar 2024 | 31.3 | $317 | $322 |
| Feb 2024 | 31.4 | $318 | $323 |
| Jan 2024 | 32.0 | $325 | $330 |
| Dec 2023 | 29.3 | $321 | $449 |
| Nov 2023 | 29.6 | $324 | $494 |
| Oct 2023 | 28.6 | $313 | $437 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Brazil's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Blumenau - Santa Catarina yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Blumenau - Santa Catarina. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Blumenau - Santa Catarina on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 18.6 °C
- Warmest monthFebruary
- 22.6 °C
- Coldest monthJuly
- 14.1 °C
- Rain a year
- 1,583 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 85%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 4.2 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 8
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 89
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 39
- PM2.5
- 9.3µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 890-100
Internet
Brazil median; city not listed- Upload
- 136Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 5ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 272Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 21ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 10.0Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 19.5Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.1%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 10.27%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 14.7Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 9Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20262 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 6 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026