Montevideo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Montevideo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1492	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3597	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$639	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1030	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$520	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1092	$881
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	56	96
😀 Quality of life	79	73
🏙️ Population	1.3M	13.3M

The cost of living in Montevideo is 4% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3978th and 4141st ($1492 vs $1438) 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Montevideo ranked 1st best city to live in Uruguay vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 963rd and 2664th 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	$15.9	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.79	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$610	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1111	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$765	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.81%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3625	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3086	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.43	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.4	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.61	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.93	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.74	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.41	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.52	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.2	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$485	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9169	$15272

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Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1314
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1312
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1223
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1348
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$1080
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1646
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$770
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$766
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1200
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$710
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$590
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$641
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$715
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$848
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$841
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$846
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$871
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$1139
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$879
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$874
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$886
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$861
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$990
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$949
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$1032
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$844
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772