Mexico City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$611	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	68	74
🏙️ Population	9.21M	13M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 11% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4630th and 5091st ($1190 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 3360th and 1280th 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	$10.3	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$11652

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541