Belo Horizonte vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$875	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2166	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$390	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$654	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$465	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	64	96
😀 Quality of life	64	72
🏙️ Population	2.32M	13.3M

The cost of living in Belo Horizonte is 45% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6468th and 3728th ($875 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 14th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5495th and 3206th 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	$5.44	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.42	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$446	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$479	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.3	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.9	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.8	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.07	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.36	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.9	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.07	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$394	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7813	$17546

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Cities near Belo Horizonte

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Contagem	$596
15 km or 9.2 mi	Nova Lima	$651
22 km or 14 mi	Vespasiano	$628
57 km or 35 mi	Sete Lagoas	$444
69 km or 43 mi	Itauna	$629
72 km or 45 mi	Ouro Preto	$578
87 km or 54 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Divinopolis	$626
123 km or 77 mi	Ponte Nova	$631
136 km or 85 mi	Curvelo	$642
142 km or 88 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$568
147 km or 91 mi	Vicosa	$643
149 km or 93 mi	Barbacena	$565
155 km or 96 mi	Ipatinga	$538
167 km or 104 mi	Formiga	$654
172 km or 107 mi	Uba	$625
190 km or 118 mi	Caratinga	$636
191 km or 119 mi	Lavras	$562
215 km or 133 mi	Muriae	$585
216 km or 134 mi	Juiz de Fora	$600
239 km or 149 mi	Governador Valadares	$523
240 km or 149 mi	Varginha	$505
242 km or 151 mi	Tres Coracoes	$594
269 km or 167 mi	Alfenas	$549
291 km or 181 mi	Resende	$652
292 km or 182 mi	Passos	$609
293 km or 182 mi	Volta Redonda	$576
296 km or 184 mi	Barra Mansa	$600
298 km or 185 mi	Teresopolis	$537
301 km or 187 mi	Petropolis	$782
304 km or 189 mi	Nova Friburgo	$482
306 km or 190 mi	Patos de Minas	$664
314 km or 195 mi	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Araxa	$586
316 km or 197 mi	Cruzeiro	$672
322 km or 200 mi	Itajuba	$565
323 km or 201 mi	Nova Iguacu	$632
324 km or 202 mi	Belford Roxo	$851
328 km or 204 mi	Duque de Caxias	$648
329 km or 205 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$681

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791