Moscow vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$2487
🏠 One person rent	$612	$450
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$957
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	74	60
🏙️ Population	13M	1.48M

The cost of living in Moscow is 6% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 5091st and 5612th ($1075 vs $1012) 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 4th in Mexico, while ranked 1280th and 5259th 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	$8.34	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$35.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$7.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1191
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$639
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$46.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$29
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	11.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$5289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$30.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$7.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$173
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$5160

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$985
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$683
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$779
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$735
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$764
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$882
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$737
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$835
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$630
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$826
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$620
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$719
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1165
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$709
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$687
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$784
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$738
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$796
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$780
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$674
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$978
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$886
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$659
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$729
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$522
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$691
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$748
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$601
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$698
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$879
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$941
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$808
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$839
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$647
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$861
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1153
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$844