Mexico City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$663	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	66	73
🏙️ Population	9.21M	12.5M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 26% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4206th and 5167th ($1288 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 Mexico City compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4184th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Moscow

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	Mexico City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$10868

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517