Belo Horizonte vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belo Horizonte	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$768	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1890	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$341	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$550	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	72
😀 Quality of life	59	78
🏙️ Population	2.32M	7.01M

The cost of living in Belo Horizonte is 53% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6579th and 2911th ($768 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Belo Horizonte compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Belo Horizonte ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5438th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belo Horizonte vs Riyadh

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	Belo Horizonte	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.88	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.36	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.1	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.8	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.91%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1419	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$830	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.51	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.22	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.08	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.4	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.06	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6817	$10598

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Cities near Belo Horizonte

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Contagem	$532
15 km or 9.2 mi	Nova Lima	$627
22 km or 14 mi	Vespasiano	$609
57 km or 35 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
69 km or 43 mi	Itauna	$558
72 km or 45 mi	Ouro Preto	$550
87 km or 54 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$602
102 km or 63 mi	Divinopolis	$568
123 km or 77 mi	Ponte Nova	$562
136 km or 85 mi	Curvelo	$571
142 km or 88 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$505
147 km or 91 mi	Vicosa	$584
149 km or 93 mi	Barbacena	$487
155 km or 96 mi	Ipatinga	$457
167 km or 104 mi	Formiga	$580
172 km or 107 mi	Uba	$563
190 km or 118 mi	Caratinga	$563
191 km or 119 mi	Lavras	$503
215 km or 133 mi	Muriae	$584
216 km or 134 mi	Juiz de Fora	$462
239 km or 149 mi	Governador Valadares	$471
240 km or 149 mi	Varginha	$449
242 km or 151 mi	Tres Coracoes	$523
269 km or 167 mi	Alfenas	$483
291 km or 181 mi	Resende	$572
292 km or 182 mi	Passos	$536
293 km or 182 mi	Volta Redonda	$522
296 km or 184 mi	Barra Mansa	$537
298 km or 185 mi	Teresopolis	$546
301 km or 187 mi	Petropolis	$587
304 km or 189 mi	Nova Friburgo	$474
306 km or 190 mi	Patos de Minas	$599
314 km or 195 mi	Cachoeiro de Itapemirim	$572
315 km or 196 mi	Araxa	$529
316 km or 197 mi	Cruzeiro	$595
322 km or 200 mi	Itajuba	$518
323 km or 201 mi	Nova Iguacu	$562
324 km or 202 mi	Belford Roxo	$769
328 km or 204 mi	Duque de Caxias	$614
329 km or 205 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$622

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529