Moscow vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$730	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$925
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	74	59
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.48M

The cost of living in Moscow is 22% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4359th and 5351st ($1244 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.9 months in Zapopan. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 1187th and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Zapopan

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	Moscow	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696