Belo Horizonte vs Brasília

Belo Horizonte leads Brasília by 10 points on the CIRA Index, 71 to 61. Belo Horizonte grades better on 7 measures, Brasília on 1; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Belo Horizonte 71, Brasília 61
• OECD: Belo Horizonte 67, Brasília 60
• UN Tourism: Belo Horizonte 71, Brasília 63
• UNDRR: Belo Horizonte 53, Brasília 51

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Belo Horizonte 75, Brasília 60
• Economy and jobs: Belo Horizonte 75, Brasília 58
• Climate and hazards: Belo Horizonte 65, Brasília 60
• Water and environment: Belo Horizonte 75, Brasília 69
• Community and housing: Belo Horizonte 75, Brasília 83
• Access and continuity: Belo Horizonte 50, Brasília 46

Where Belo Horizonte is stronger

• Largest foreign market: 16.6 % of international arrivals or nights (Ministério do Turismo / FIPE - Caracterização e Dimensionamento do Turismo Internacional no Brasil (2013-2017), 2017). Between 15 and 20: grade 3/4.
• Average length of stay: 4.5 nights per visitor (Belotur / Observatório do Turismo de Belo Horizonte (reported by Estado de Minas), 2024). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 4.6 % of the labour force (IBGE - Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua), Q4 2024). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Tropical nights: 21.8 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 10 and 30: grade 3/4.
• Water scarcity: very low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 4/4.
• Municipal waste per resident: 277.4 kg per resident per year (Superintendência de Limpeza Urbana de Belo Horizonte (SLU), 2023). At or below 350: grade 4/4.
• Access redundancy: 3 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (metro figure) (BH Airport; Vale S.A.; Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (DNIT), 2024–2026). Between 3 and 4: grade 3/4.

Where Brasília is stronger

• Green space: 30 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (metro figure) (Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae / Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Brasília, 'Urban Green Spaces in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic', 2018). Between 30 and 40: grade 3/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Brazil: #32 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Brazil: #32 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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