Moscow vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$1349
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$3115
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$1113
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	47
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.26M

The cost of living in Moscow is 24% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 3277th and 4430th ($1678 vs $1349) 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 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Zapopan. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 2774th and 5342nd 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	$11.9	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$841
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$1437
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$831
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$82.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$6066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$674
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$5.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$40.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$10.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$6434

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1222
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$993
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$814
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$760
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$869
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1005
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$895
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$941
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$932
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$959
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$968
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$920
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1211
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$874
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$962
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$961
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$660
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$905
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$935
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$817
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$864
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1255
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1069
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$764
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1085
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$994