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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Rio de Janeiro, a month

£703 to £1,500 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentFurnished one-bed, asking rent, Copacabana and Ipanema listing samples, October 2026. Condo fees of BRL 670 to 2,948 come on top. BRL 2,800 to 8,000
£416 to £1,190
A deskWeWork coworking membership, a month, from. The lower figure may be an offer. BRL 1,003 to 1,179
£149 to £175
Weekday lunchesPrato feito, the set lunch, the Sudeste region average. There is no Rio-only figure, BRL 31.99 each, 22 working days
£105
Getting aroundBus at BRL 5.00 a ride, two rides each working day. BRL 220
£33

Brazil's Digital nomad visa (VITEM XIV) asks for about £1,130 a month in income. Check your own case

The Rio de Janeiro guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.