Moscow vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$959	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$1025
😷 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 22% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 3728th and 4578th ($1585 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th 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 0.8 months in Tijuana. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 3206th and 5712th 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	$13.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$4857

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667