Moscow vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$864	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	73	64
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.48M

The cost of living in Moscow is 24% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4141st and 4791st ($1438 vs $1162) 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 0.6 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 2664th and 5343rd 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	$12.3	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$5862

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926