Moscow vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$730	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$822
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	22
😀 Quality of life	74	58
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.96M

The cost of living in Moscow is 19% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4359th and 5176th ($1244 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Russia and Mexico, respectively. Check Russia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 1187th and 5576th 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	$9.55	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$2569

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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

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677