Montevideo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montevideo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3323	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$553	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$945	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$962	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	48	96
😀 Quality of life	75	74
🏙️ Population	1.32M	13.1M

The cost of living in Montevideo is 8% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4065th and 4359th ($1346 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Uruguay and Russia, respectively. Check Uruguay vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Montevideo compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Montevideo ranked 1st best city to live in Uruguay vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1043rd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montevideo vs Moscow

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	Montevideo	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.26	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.34	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$552	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1003	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2966	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2929	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.22	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.37	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.52	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.22	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.98	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.05	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.63	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.6	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8232	$12252

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Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1188
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1189
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1120
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1238
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$965
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1582
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$807
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$803
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1094
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$853
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$552
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$643
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$741
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$859
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$863
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$865
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$849
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$1130
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$979
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$877
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$889
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$924
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$938
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$939
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$963
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$952
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592