Cost of living comparison

compared to

Athens vs. Belo Horizonte Cost of Living Summary

Athens is 78.5% more expensive than Belo Horizonte.

Restaurants: pay 93.6% more in Athens
Groceries: pay 59.7% more in Athens
Transportation: pay 28.3% more in Athens
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Athens
Childcare: pay 60.3% more in Athens
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.3 times more in Athens
Clothing: pay 55.8% more in Athens

The cost of entertainment and sports, housing, restaurants, childcare, groceries, and clothing in Athens are more expensive than in Belo Horizonte. Notably, entertainment and sports, housing, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Athens.

Athens vs. Belo Horizonte Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Athens instead of Belo Horizonte, you would:

Display currency: USD

pay 93.6% more for restaurants

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.63 R$30.60	$17.52 €15.05	+211.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.50 R$40.80	$10.51 €9.03	+40.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 R$5.77	$2.48 €2.13	+133.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.69 R$3.77	$0.62 €0.53	-10.4%
Average			+93.6%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 59.7% more for groceries

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Bread 1 loaf	$1.61 R$8.74	$1.39 €1.19	-13.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.38 R$23.84	$7.54 €6.47	+72.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.60 R$19.59	$7.20 €6.18	+100.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.12 R$11.52	$4.70 €4.04	+122.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.72 R$9.34	$4.85 €4.16	+182.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.09 R$5.92	$1.03 €0.88	-5.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.61 R$3.32	$0.97 €0.83	+59.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.55 R$3.01	$0.71 €0.61	+27.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 R$3.65	$1.07 €0.92	+59.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 R$2.95	$0.67 €0.57	+23.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 R$2.37	$0.57 €0.49	+29.9%
Average			+59.7%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 28.3% more for transportation

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.33 R$23.55	$7.94 €6.82	+83.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$46.88 R$255.02	$35.04 €30.09	-25.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,442.04 R$127,510.64	$29,198.27 €25,075.80	+24.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.75 R$58.45	$14.02 €12.04	+30.4%
Average			+28.3%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.18 R$115.18	$34.45 €29.59	+62.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$406.58 R$2,211.54	$685.67 €588.86	+68.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$265.48 R$1,444.06	$609.10 €523.10	+129.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$52.16 R$283.70	$165.77 €142.37	+217.8%
Average			+119.6%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 60.3% more for childcare

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$362.57 R$1,972.16	$566.82 €486.79	+56.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,051.37 R$38,355.20	$11,581.98 €9,946.73	+64.3%
Average			+60.3%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.88 R$10.20	$5.84 €5.02	+211.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.79 R$9.74	$4.12 €3.54	+130.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.25 R$12.24	$5.84 €5.02	+159.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$25.74 R$139.98	$56.30 €48.35	+118.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.50 R$40.80	$10.51 €9.03	+40.1%
Average			+132.0%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 55.8% more for clothing

	Belo Horizonte	Athens
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$54.05 R$294.00	$101.47 €87.15	+87.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.09 R$223.49	$47.68 €40.95	+16.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.25 R$441.95	$105.26 €90.40	+29.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.27 R$360.49	$125.94 €108.16	+90.0%
Average			+55.8%

Belo Horizonte vs. Athens - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

More cost comparisons

Belo Horizonte vs.

Mexico City

Belo Horizonte vs.

Prague

Belo Horizonte vs.

Dodoma

Belo Horizonte vs.

London

Belo Horizonte vs.

Moscow

Belo Horizonte vs.

Ottawa

Belo Horizonte vs.

Kiev

Belo Horizonte vs.

Nairobi

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Brazil vs. Greece. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Brazil and Greece.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Belo Horizonte

Add prices for Athens

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Athens or Belo Horizonte. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.