Montevideo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Montevideo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3221	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$554	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$897	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	48	96
😀 Quality of life	76	74
🏙️ Population	1.32M	13M

The cost of living in Montevideo is 24% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4267th and 5091st ($1331 vs $1075) 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 0.9 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 940th and 1280th 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	$13.2	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.1	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.95	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.44%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2796	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2616	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.6	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.5	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.73	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.66	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.06	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.7	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.3	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7936	$11652

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Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1169
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1171
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1096
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1188
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$968
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1505
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$622
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$616
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1080
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$683
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$627
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$481
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$540
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$672
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$620
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$672
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$717
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$740
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$752
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$721
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$748
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$728
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$766
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$801
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$909
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$783
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$808
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$752
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$773
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$749
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$769
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$777
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$777
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$779
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$770
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$790
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$812
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$764
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$770
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$771

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