Belo Horizonte vs Seoul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belo Horizonte	Seoul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$768	$1334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1890	$3862
🏠 One person rent	$341	$608
🏘️ Family rent	$550	$1634
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$488
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$2911
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	59	95
🏙️ Population	2.32M	9.67M

The cost of living in Belo Horizonte is 42% less expensive than in Seoul. Cities ranked 6579th and 4104th ($768 vs $1334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd in Brazil and South Korea, respectively. Check Brazil vs South Korea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Belo Horizonte compared to 2.2 months in Seoul. Belo Horizonte ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Seoul ranked 1st in South Korea, while ranked 5438th and 30th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Belo Horizonte vs Seoul infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/belo-horizonte/seoul.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Belo Horizonte vs Seoul infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/belo-horizonte/seoul" target="_blank">Belo Horizonte vs Seoul - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Belo Horizonte vs Seoul

Prices for goods and services in Belo Horizonte and Seoul are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Belo Horizonte	Seoul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.88	$7.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$40.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.36	$5.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$754
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$2293
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.1	$99.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.8	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.91%	4.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1419	$19682
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$830	$11168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$44.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.51	$8.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$3.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$8.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$7.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.22	$20.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.08	$4.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.4	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.06	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.6	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6817	$20197

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Seoul

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Guri	$1122
17 km or 10 mi	Goyang	$1171
17 km or 10 mi	Gwangmyeong	$1089
17 km or 11 mi	Gwacheon	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Uijeongbu	$955
20 km or 12 mi	Hanam	$1161
20 km or 12 mi	Namyangju	$1129
20 km or 13 mi	Seongnam	$1400
21 km or 13 mi	Siheung	$1283
21 km or 13 mi	Bucheon	$1163
22 km or 14 mi	Anyang	$1022
23 km or 14 mi	Yangju	$974
24 km or 15 mi	Gunpo	$1098
26 km or 16 mi	Gimpo	$1099
27 km or 17 mi	Uiwang	$1063
30 km or 19 mi	Gwangju	$1165
32 km or 20 mi	Paju	$1075
33 km or 20 mi	Ansan	$1070
33 km or 21 mi	Suwon	$1022
34 km or 21 mi	Incheon	$1092
37 km or 23 mi	Dongducheon	$1055
39 km or 24 mi	Pocheon	$1040
42 km or 26 mi	Yongin	$1127
47 km or 29 mi	Hwaseong	$1089
49 km or 31 mi	Osan	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Icheon	$1020
58 km or 36 mi	Kaesong	$1565
65 km or 40 mi	Yeoju	$1026
66 km or 41 mi	Pyeongtaek	$984
69 km or 43 mi	Anseong	$1026
72 km or 45 mi	Chuncheon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Dangjin	$1033
86 km or 53 mi	Wonju	$1074
87 km or 54 mi	Cheonan	$1151
101 km or 63 mi	Seosan	$1036
107 km or 66 mi	Chungju	$900
114 km or 71 mi	Cheongju	$936
118 km or 73 mi	Jecheon	$1016
123 km or 77 mi	Haeju	$1550
124 km or 77 mi	Sejong	$1019