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Costa Rica vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Costa Rica is 43.8% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 60.9% more in Costa Rica
Groceries: pay 84.6% more in Costa Rica
Transportation: pay 78.5% more in Costa Rica
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Costa Rica
Childcare: pay 27.1% less in Costa Rica
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.3% more in Costa Rica
Clothing: pay 19.6% less in Costa Rica

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

Costa Rica vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Costa Rica instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 60.9% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$9.77 CRC4,772.77	-18.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$9.53 CRC4,657.00	+59.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$2.00 CRC977.87	+44.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$1.57 CRC767.80	+157.0%
Average			+60.9%

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pay 84.6% more for groceries

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$2.54 CRC1,240.79	+200.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$4.50 CRC2,198.95	-28.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$7.52 CRC3,675.18	+62.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$2.80 CRC1,365.53	+66.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$3.83 CRC1,869.62	+55.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$1.78 CRC871.36	+120.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.62 CRC300.41	-29.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$1.65 CRC804.74	+82.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$1.24 CRC606.70	-24.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$1.28 CRC624.18	+199.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$1.10 CRC537.59	+225.0%
Average			+84.6%

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pay 78.5% more for transportation

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$5.47 CRC2,671.86	+92.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$54.59 CRC26,665.03	+49.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$36,444.91 CRC17,802,336.11	-1.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$15.68 CRC7,658.69	+173.7%
Average			+78.5%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$49.17 CRC24,020.20	+529.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$805.28 CRC393,355.72	-35.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$555.89 CRC271,535.63	-21.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$63.57 CRC31,052.11	-42.5%
Average			+107.3%

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pay 27.1% less for childcare

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$517.09 CRC252,582.05	-21.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$9,552.94 CRC4,666,349.20	-33.1%
Average			-27.1%

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pay 22.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$2.59 CRC1,263.41	-38.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$3.84 CRC1,875.13	+21.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$4.70 CRC2,295.55	+57.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$58.68 CRC28,663.36	+31.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$9.11 CRC4,448.49	+38.8%
Average			+22.3%

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pay 19.6% less for clothing

	Moscow	Costa Rica
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$58.22 CRC28,437.03	-23.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$44.70 CRC21,835.84	-6.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$112.79 CRC55,095.43	-8.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$93.41 CRC45,626.70	-40.4%
Average			-19.6%

Moscow vs. Costa Rica - 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: December 2025

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