Guadalajara vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guadalajara	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1241	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2983	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$607	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1060	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$750	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	47	96
😀 Quality of life	62	72
🏙️ Population	1.39M	13.3M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 22% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4689th and 3728th ($1241 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Mexico and Russia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5768th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Moscow

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	Guadalajara	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$776	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.5	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3091	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2058	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.5	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11768	$17546

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791