Belem vs Montevideo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belem	Montevideo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$1346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1572	$3323
🏠 One person rent	$405	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$945
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$67	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$421	$962
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	40	48
😀 Quality of life	41	75
🏙️ Population	1.3M	1.32M

The cost of living in Belem is 44% less expensive than in Montevideo. Cities ranked 6655th and 4065th ($755 vs $1346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Brazil and Uruguay, respectively. Check Brazil vs Uruguay comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Belem compared to 0.7 months in Montevideo. Belem ranked 67th best city to live in Brazil vs Montevideo ranked 1st in Uruguay, while ranked 6876th and 1043rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Belem vs Montevideo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/belem/montevideo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Belem vs Montevideo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/belem/montevideo" target="_blank">Belem vs Montevideo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Belem vs Montevideo

Prices for goods and services in Belem and Montevideo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Belem	Montevideo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14	$48.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$4.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$552
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$303	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$575	$1003
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$435	$720
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.6	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.21%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$2966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1162	$2929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$50.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.37	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$2.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.04	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$9.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$9.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.64	$3.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.95	$9.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$2.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.56	$4.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.63	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$3.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.95	$9.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$82.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$88.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.1	$393
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3002	$8232

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Belem

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Ananindeua	$638
51 km or 32 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
67 km or 42 mi	Castanhal	$621
141 km or 88 mi	Cameta	$583
150 km or 93 mi	Capanema	$615
197 km or 123 mi	Braganca	$615
214 km or 133 mi	Paragominas	$614
221 km or 137 mi	Breves	$590
264 km or 164 mi	Viseu	$624
288 km or 179 mi	Tucurui	$603
329 km or 205 mi	Macapa	$610
336 km or 209 mi	Santana	$565
398 km or 247 mi	Pinheiro	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Santa Ines	$621
440 km or 274 mi	Maraba	$629
455 km or 283 mi	Altamira	$611
467 km or 290 mi	Imperatriz	$621
482 km or 299 mi	Sao Luis	$710
508 km or 316 mi	Itapecuru Mirim	$639
510 km or 317 mi	Sao Jose de Ribamar	$665
516 km or 320 mi	Bacabal	$603
552 km or 343 mi	Grajau	$602
570 km or 354 mi	Coroata	$600
578 km or 359 mi	Barra do Corda	$593
612 km or 380 mi	Codo	$572
625 km or 389 mi	Chapadinha	$591
639 km or 397 mi	Araguaina	$590
685 km or 426 mi	Caxias	$546
698 km or 434 mi	Santarem	$639
729 km or 453 mi	Balsas	$569
748 km or 465 mi	Timon	$537
751 km or 467 mi	Teresina	$557
765 km or 475 mi	Parnaiba	$589
810 km or 503 mi	Piripiri	$570
819 km or 509 mi	Oriximina	$697
829 km or 515 mi	Cayenne	$1643
847 km or 527 mi	Floriano	$543
867 km or 538 mi	Camocim	$564
867 km or 539 mi	Kourou	$1645
888 km or 552 mi	Itaituba	$695

Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1188
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1189
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1120
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1238
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$965
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1582
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$807
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$803
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1094
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$853
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$552
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$643
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$741
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$859
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$863
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$865
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$849
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$1130
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$979
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$877
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$889
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$924
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$938
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$939
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$963
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$952
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940