Moscow vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$1276
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$3034
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$593
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$1048
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	22
😀 Quality of life	72	62
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.96M

The cost of living in Moscow is 32% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 3277th and 4582nd ($1678 vs $1276) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Russia and Mexico, respectively. Check Russia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Tijuana. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tijuana ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 2774th and 5555th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Tijuana

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	Moscow	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$4.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$814
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$837
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$30.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	12.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$3301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$2878
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$9.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$4.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$47.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$4868

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2984
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3033
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1126
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3094
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1108
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3269
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3486
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2997
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3077
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2956
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3065
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$3012
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3265
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3274
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$3008
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3269
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$3011
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3221
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2984
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2690
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2994
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3137
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2799
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2850
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3051
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3075
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3492
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2646
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3129
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2663
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3520
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2984
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3064
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2768
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3503
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2598
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2801
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677