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Belo Horizonte vs. United States Cost of Living Summary

Belo Horizonte is 48.8% cheaper than United States overall.

Restaurants: pay 56.9% less in Belo Horizonte
Groceries: pay 51.1% less in Belo Horizonte
Transportation: pay 17.1% less in Belo Horizonte
Housing: pay 72.9% less in Belo Horizonte
Childcare: pay 71.8% less in Belo Horizonte
Entertainment and Sports: pay 61.1% less in Belo Horizonte
Clothing: pay 11.0% less in Belo Horizonte

Expenses including housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, groceries, and transportation are lower in Belo Horizonte.

Belo Horizonte vs. United States Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Belo Horizonte instead of United States, you would:

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pay 56.9% less for restaurants

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$19.45	$5.63 R$29.56	-71.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.12	$7.50 R$39.41	-32.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.56	$1.06 R$5.58	-58.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.00	$0.69 R$3.65	-65.4%
Average			-56.9%

United States vs. Belo Horizonte - Cost of restaurants

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pay 51.1% less for groceries

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Bread 1 loaf	$3.56	$1.61 R$8.45	-54.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.50	$4.38 R$23.03	-32.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.97	$3.60 R$18.92	-9.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27	$2.12 R$11.12	-50.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.41	$1.72 R$9.02	-68.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.37	$1.09 R$5.72	-54.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78	$0.61 R$3.20	-22.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.04	$0.55 R$2.91	-72.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.21	$0.67 R$3.52	-69.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.34	$0.54 R$2.85	-59.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.38	$0.44 R$2.29	-68.5%
Average			-51.1%

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pay 17.1% less for transportation

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.41	$4.33 R$22.75	+26.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$65.85	$46.88 R$246.33	-28.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,336.38	$23,442.04 R$123K	-27.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.61	$10.75 R$56.46	-39.0%
Average			-17.1%

United States vs. Belo Horizonte - Cost of transportation

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pay 72.9% less for housing

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.97	$21.18 R$111.26	-69.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,664.59	$406.58 R$2,136.20	-75.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,416.15	$265.48 R$1,394.86	-81.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$150.19	$52.16 R$274.04	-65.3%
Average			-72.9%

United States vs. Belo Horizonte - Cost of housing

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pay 71.8% less for childcare

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,387.27	$362.57 R$1,904.98	-73.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,196.46	$7,051.37 R$37,048.53	-69.6%
Average			-71.8%

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pay 61.1% less for entertainment and sports

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.84	$1.88 R$9.85	-67.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.15	$1.79 R$9.41	-65.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.90	$2.25 R$11.82	-77.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.45	$25.74 R$135.21	-50.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.64	$7.50 R$39.41	-45.0%
Average			-61.1%

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pay 11.0% less for clothing

	United States	Belo Horizonte
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.08	$54.05 R$283.99	+5.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.81	$41.09 R$215.88	-1.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$87.56	$81.25 R$426.90	-7.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$112.04	$66.27 R$348.21	-40.8%
Average			-11.0%

United States vs. Belo Horizonte - Cost of clothing

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