Belo Horizonte vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Belo Horizonte	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$787	$424
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1919	$1086
🏠 One person rent	$345	$162
🏘️ Family rent	$550	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$34.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$356	$152
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	83
😀 Quality of life	58	57
🏙️ Population	2.32M	9.61M

The cost of living in Belo Horizonte is 86% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 6493rd and 8926th ($787 vs $424) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 2nd in Brazil and Egypt, respectively. Check Brazil vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Belo Horizonte compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Belo Horizonte ranked 6th best city to live in Brazil vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 5488th and 5583rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belo Horizonte vs Cairo

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	Belo Horizonte	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.13	$3.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.1	$19.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$197
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$121
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$622	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$16.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$24.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.6	$9.49
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.71%	13.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1120	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43	$7.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$2.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$3.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$0.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.33	$1.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.68	$2.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.64	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$3.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.7	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.88	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.8	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6162	$1916

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Cities near Belo Horizonte

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Contagem	$567
15 km or 9.2 mi	Nova Lima	$643
22 km or 14 mi	Vespasiano	$629
57 km or 35 mi	Sete Lagoas	$468
69 km or 43 mi	Itauna	$580
72 km or 45 mi	Ouro Preto	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$631
102 km or 63 mi	Divinopolis	$581
123 km or 77 mi	Ponte Nova	$585
136 km or 85 mi	Curvelo	$588
142 km or 88 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$532
147 km or 91 mi	Vicosa	$593
149 km or 93 mi	Barbacena	$520
155 km or 96 mi	Ipatinga	$482
167 km or 104 mi	Formiga	$590
172 km or 107 mi	Uba	$585
190 km or 118 mi	Caratinga	$572
191 km or 119 mi	Lavras	$515
215 km or 133 mi	Muriae	$618
216 km or 134 mi	Juiz de Fora	$461
239 km or 149 mi	Governador Valadares	$501
240 km or 149 mi	Varginha	$463
242 km or 151 mi	Tres Coracoes	$542
269 km or 167 mi	Alfenas	$570
291 km or 181 mi	Resende	$596
292 km or 182 mi	Passos	$563
293 km or 182 mi	Volta Redonda	$549
296 km or 184 mi	Barra Mansa	$563
298 km or 185 mi	Teresopolis	$578
301 km or 187 mi	Petropolis	$600
304 km or 189 mi	Nova Friburgo	$500
306 km or 190 mi	Patos de Minas	$634
314 km or 195 mi	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	$629
315 km or 196 mi	Araxa	$558
316 km or 197 mi	Cruzeiro	$620
322 km or 200 mi	Itajuba	$543
323 km or 201 mi	Nova Iguacu	$591
324 km or 202 mi	Belford Roxo	$808
328 km or 204 mi	Duque de Caxias	$636
329 km or 205 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$652

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741