Belo Horizonte vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$809	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2028	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$350	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$608	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$409	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	63	96
😀 Quality of life	63	73
🏙️ Population	2.32M	13.3M

The cost of living in Belo Horizonte is 44% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6633rd and 4141st ($809 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Belo Horizonte compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Belo Horizonte ranked 7th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5520th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belo Horizonte vs Moscow

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	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.98	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$389	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$694	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$458	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.89%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1567	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$812	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.94	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.3	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.93	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.56	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.86	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.08	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.7	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.66	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.4	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$346	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6783	$15272

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Cities near Belo Horizonte

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Contagem	$565
15 km or 9.2 mi	Nova Lima	$582
22 km or 14 mi	Vespasiano	$563
57 km or 35 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
69 km or 43 mi	Itauna	$582
72 km or 45 mi	Ouro Preto	$526
87 km or 54 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$644
102 km or 63 mi	Divinopolis	$590
123 km or 77 mi	Ponte Nova	$586
136 km or 85 mi	Curvelo	$600
142 km or 88 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$541
147 km or 91 mi	Vicosa	$618
149 km or 93 mi	Barbacena	$540
155 km or 96 mi	Ipatinga	$502
167 km or 104 mi	Formiga	$613
172 km or 107 mi	Uba	$597
190 km or 118 mi	Caratinga	$599
191 km or 119 mi	Lavras	$530
215 km or 133 mi	Muriae	$613
216 km or 134 mi	Juiz de Fora	$550
239 km or 149 mi	Governador Valadares	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Varginha	$492
242 km or 151 mi	Tres Coracoes	$559
269 km or 167 mi	Alfenas	$513
291 km or 181 mi	Resende	$603
292 km or 182 mi	Passos	$568
293 km or 182 mi	Volta Redonda	$539
296 km or 184 mi	Barra Mansa	$557
298 km or 185 mi	Teresopolis	$498
301 km or 187 mi	Petropolis	$706
304 km or 189 mi	Nova Friburgo	$445
306 km or 190 mi	Patos de Minas	$624
314 km or 195 mi	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Araxa	$552
316 km or 197 mi	Cruzeiro	$631
322 km or 200 mi	Itajuba	$536
323 km or 201 mi	Nova Iguacu	$590
324 km or 202 mi	Belford Roxo	$810
328 km or 204 mi	Duque de Caxias	$653
329 km or 205 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$648

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