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Moscow vs. Belo Horizonte Cost of Living Summary

Moscow is 50.6% more expensive than Belo Horizonte.

Restaurants: pay 27.5% more in Moscow
Groceries: pay 20.7% more in Moscow
Transportation: pay 11.3% less in Moscow
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Moscow
Childcare: pay 91.8% more in Moscow
Entertainment and Sports: pay 58.5% more in Moscow
Clothing: pay 61.2% more in Moscow

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

Moscow vs. Belo Horizonte Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 27.5% more for restaurants

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.63 R$30.60	$11.93 RUB911.35	+112.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.50 R$40.80	$5.97 RUB455.67	-20.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 R$5.77	$1.38 RUB105.57	+30.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.69 R$3.77	$0.61 RUB46.71	-11.8%
Average			+27.5%

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pay 20.7% more for groceries

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Bread 1 loaf	$1.61 R$8.74	$0.85 RUB64.62	-47.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.38 R$23.84	$6.27 RUB478.82	+43.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.60 R$19.59	$4.62 RUB352.84	+28.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.12 R$11.52	$1.68 RUB128.49	-20.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.72 R$9.34	$2.46 RUB188.10	+43.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.09 R$5.92	$0.81 RUB61.80	-25.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.61 R$3.32	$0.87 RUB66.45	+42.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.55 R$3.01	$0.90 RUB68.87	+62.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 R$3.65	$1.64 RUB125.22	+144.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 R$2.95	$0.43 RUB32.60	-21.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 R$2.37	$0.34 RUB25.86	-22.3%
Average			+20.7%

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pay 11.3% less for transportation

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.33 R$23.55	$2.84 RUB216.76	-34.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$46.88 R$255.02	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	-21.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,442.04 R$127,510.64	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	+57.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.75 R$58.45	$5.73 RUB437.45	-46.7%
Average			-11.3%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.18 R$115.18	$7.82 RUB596.90	-63.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$406.58 R$2,211.54	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	+208.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$265.48 R$1,444.06	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	+167.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$52.16 R$283.70	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	+112.0%
Average			+106.1%

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pay 91.8% more for childcare

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$362.57 R$1,972.16	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	+81.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,051.37 R$38,355.20	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	+102.6%
Average			+91.8%

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pay 58.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.88 R$10.20	$4.18 RUB318.97	+122.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.79 R$9.74	$3.16 RUB241.06	+76.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.25 R$12.24	$2.98 RUB227.84	+32.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$25.74 R$139.98	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	+73.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.50 R$40.80	$6.56 RUB501.24	-12.5%
Average			+58.5%

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pay 61.2% more for clothing

	Belo Horizonte	Moscow
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$54.05 R$294.00	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	+40.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.09 R$223.49	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	+16.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.25 R$441.95	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	+51.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.27 R$360.49	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	+136.6%
Average			+61.2%

Belo Horizonte vs. Moscow - Cost of clothing

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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

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