Moscow vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$2964
🏠 One person rent	$959	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$988
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$970
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	47
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.26M

The cost of living in Moscow is 24% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 3728th and 4609th ($1585 vs $1280) 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.8 months in Zapopan. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 3206th and 5628th 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	$13.2	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$44.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$767
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$417
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$1247
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$82.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$34.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$6090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$5.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$9.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$6389

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$990
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$806
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$746
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$885
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1023
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$899
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$914
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$920
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$956
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$946
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$910
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1202
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$817
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$952
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$664
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$894
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$926
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$803
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$866
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1241
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1044
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$747
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1102
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$986