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Monterrey vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Monterrey is 38.5% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 53.8% more in Monterrey
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in Monterrey
Transportation: pay 47.9% more in Monterrey
Housing: pay 89.1% more in Monterrey
Childcare: pay 32.8% less in Monterrey
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.4% more in Monterrey
Clothing: pay 12.9% less in Monterrey

The cost of groceries, housing, restaurants, transportation, and entertainment and sports in Monterrey are more expensive than in Moscow. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Monterrey. Notably, groceries and housing are significantly more expensive in Monterrey.

Monterrey vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Monterrey instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 53.8% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Monterrey
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.19 RUB1,014.46	$12.41 MX$256.04	+35.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.10 RUB563.59	$7.45 MX$153.62	+45.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.07 RUB118.39	$1.32 MX$27.18	+22.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.49 RUB53.58	$1.02 MX$21.14	+111.2%
Average			+53.8%

Moscow vs. Monterrey - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Moscow	Monterrey
Bread 1 loaf	$0.62 RUB68.31	$2.48 MX$51.12	+300.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 RUB486.52	$4.82 MX$99.48	+9.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.57 RUB393.86	$5.80 MX$119.72	+62.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.52 RUB167.78	$2.62 MX$53.95	+72.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.99 RUB219.24	$3.94 MX$81.36	+98.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 RUB74.78	$1.30 MX$26.72	+91.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 RUB73.69	$0.54 MX$11.21	-18.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.72 RUB79.01	$0.75 MX$15.39	+4.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.12 RUB124.05	$0.80 MX$16.56	-28.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 RUB27.52	$0.91 MX$18.71	+264.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.21 RUB23.10	$0.76 MX$15.73	+264.5%
Average			+101.8%

Moscow vs. Monterrey - Cost of groceries

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pay 47.9% more for transportation

	Moscow	Monterrey
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.22 RUB244.94	$4.63 MX$95.58	+108.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.58 RUB3,156.11	$42.19 MX$870.52	+47.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,621.85 RUB3,381,543.78	$22,338.02 MX$460,864.66	-27.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.82 RUB642.49	$9.43 MX$194.59	+62.1%
Average			+47.9%

Moscow vs. Monterrey - Cost of transportation

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pay 89.1% more for housing

	Moscow	Monterrey
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$6.38 RUB704.36	$29.26 MX$603.60	+358.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$960.52 RUB106,069.39	$874.43 MX$18,040.68	-9.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$583.26 RUB64,409.21	$618.73 MX$12,765.22	+6.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$86.66 RUB9,569.74	$87.13 MX$1,797.58	+0.5%
Average			+89.1%

Moscow vs. Monterrey - Cost of housing

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pay 32.8% less for childcare

	Moscow	Monterrey
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$466.53 RUB51,518.81	$314.39 MX$6,486.24	-32.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,413.52 RUB1,149,955.78	$6,974.43 MX$143,892.19	-33.0%
Average			-32.8%

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pay 22.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Monterrey
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.06 RUB338.15	$2.48 MX$51.21	-18.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.52 RUB278.77	$3.22 MX$66.48	+27.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.45 RUB270.52	$3.97 MX$81.93	+62.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.34 RUB3,571.13	$40.33 MX$832.05	+24.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.10 RUB563.59	$5.96 MX$122.90	+16.7%
Average			+22.4%

Moscow vs. Monterrey - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 12.9% less for clothing

	Moscow	Monterrey
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$81.16 RUB8,961.92	$52.35 MX$1,080.09	-35.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.31 RUB4,672.02	$41.13 MX$848.50	-2.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.95 RUB12,031.53	$91.18 MX$1,881.14	-16.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$101.97 RUB11,260.45	$105.17 MX$2,169.84	+3.1%
Average			-12.9%

Moscow vs. Monterrey - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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