Moscow vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$2843
🏠 One person rent	$959	$424
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$732
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$418
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$803
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	35
😀 Quality of life	72	62
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.43M

The cost of living in Moscow is 47% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 3728th and 5140th ($1585 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Russia and Mexico, respectively. Check Russia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Puebla ranked 9th in Mexico, while ranked 3206th and 5782nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Puebla

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	Moscow	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$49.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$1.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$40.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$63.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	10.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$1035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$7.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$5.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$5.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$45.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$10.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$53.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$20939

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1032
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$907
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1428
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$926
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$975
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$917
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$944
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$950
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$934
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$771
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$962
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$846
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$670
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$986
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$981
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$1004
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$928
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$906
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$923
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1010
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1241
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$854
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$939
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$803
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$926
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$947