Belem vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belem	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$784	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1751	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$413	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$676	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$312	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	41	96
😀 Quality of life	45	73
🏙️ Population	1.3M	13.3M

The cost of living in Belem is 45% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6728th and 4141st ($784 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Belem compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Belem ranked 96th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7040th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belem vs Moscow

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	Belem	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.19	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.53	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$481	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$752	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.8	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.1	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.09%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1219	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.64	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.52	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.61	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.72	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.7	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.53	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.6	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$102	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3163	$15272

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Cities near Belem

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Ananindeua	$660
51 km or 32 mi	Abaetetuba	$577
67 km or 42 mi	Castanhal	$646
141 km or 88 mi	Cameta	$620
150 km or 93 mi	Capanema	$643
197 km or 123 mi	Braganca	$645
214 km or 133 mi	Paragominas	$643
221 km or 137 mi	Breves	$622
264 km or 164 mi	Viseu	$652
288 km or 179 mi	Tucurui	$631
329 km or 205 mi	Macapa	$606
336 km or 209 mi	Santana	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Pinheiro	$661
425 km or 264 mi	Santa Ines	$642
440 km or 274 mi	Maraba	$656
455 km or 283 mi	Altamira	$631
467 km or 290 mi	Imperatriz	$645
482 km or 299 mi	Sao Luis	$732
508 km or 316 mi	Itapecuru Mirim	$658
510 km or 317 mi	Sao Jose de Ribamar	$683
516 km or 320 mi	Bacabal	$623
552 km or 343 mi	Grajau	$621
570 km or 354 mi	Coroata	$624
578 km or 359 mi	Barra do Corda	$611
612 km or 380 mi	Codo	$596
625 km or 389 mi	Chapadinha	$618
639 km or 397 mi	Araguaina	$617
685 km or 426 mi	Caxias	$568
698 km or 434 mi	Santarem	$653
729 km or 453 mi	Balsas	$592
748 km or 465 mi	Timon	$554
751 km or 467 mi	Teresina	$572
765 km or 475 mi	Parnaiba	$662
810 km or 503 mi	Piripiri	$617
819 km or 509 mi	Oriximina	$716
829 km or 515 mi	Cayenne	$1931
847 km or 527 mi	Floriano	$566
867 km or 538 mi	Camocim	$690
867 km or 539 mi	Kourou	$1934
888 km or 552 mi	Itaituba	$707

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772