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Las Terrenas vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Las Terrenas is 3.3% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 13.3% less in Las Terrenas
Groceries: pay 8.8% more in Las Terrenas
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Las Terrenas
Housing: pay 56.8% more in Las Terrenas
Childcare: pay 78.3% less in Las Terrenas
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.3% less in Las Terrenas
Clothing: pay 38.8% less in Las Terrenas

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

Las Terrenas vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Las Terrenas instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 13.3% less for restaurants

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB945.90	$6.24 DOP369.49	-47.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB472.95	$7.25 DOP429.08	+21.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB109.58	$0.97 DOP57.61	-29.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.48	$0.63 DOP37.19	+2.7%
Average			-13.3%

Moscow vs. Las Terrenas - Cost of restaurants

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pay 8.8% more for groceries

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB67.07	$1.34 DOP79.52	+58.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB496.98	$3.66 DOP216.48	-41.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB366.21	$4.57 DOP270.71	-1.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB133.36	$1.61 DOP95.35	-4.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB195.23	$2.47 DOP146.39	+0.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB64.14	$1.10 DOP64.98	+35.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB68.97	$0.38 DOP22.77	-55.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.48	$0.51 DOP30.28	-43.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB129.97	$0.51 DOP30.28	-68.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB33.83	$0.51 DOP30.28	+19.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.84	$1.01 DOP59.55	+197.0%
Average			+8.8%

Moscow vs. Las Terrenas - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB224.98	$4.55 DOP269.59	+60.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,903.92	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB3M	$29,626.22 DOP2M	-19.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB454.03	$20.61 DOP1,220.49	+259.8%
Average			+100.1%

Moscow vs. Las Terrenas - Cost of transportation

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pay 56.8% more for housing

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB619.53	$34.89 DOP2,066.36	+346.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB99,319.75	$724.55 DOP42,907.94	-42.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,216.70	$434.73 DOP25,744.76	-38.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,766.12	$68.45 DOP4,053.39	-38.1%
Average			+56.8%

Moscow vs. Las Terrenas - Cost of housing

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pay 78.3% less for childcare

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,024.63	$80.51 DOP4,767.55	-87.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1M	$4,427.83 DOP262K	-69.0%
Average			-78.3%

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pay 12.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB331.07	$2.42 DOP143.03	-42.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB250.20	$1.99 DOP118.00	-36.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB236.48	$4.83 DOP286.05	+61.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,533.44	$20.13 DOP1,191.89	-54.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB520.25	$7.25 DOP429.08	+10.4%
Average			-12.3%

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pay 38.8% less for clothing

	Moscow	Las Terrenas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,028.40	$41.65 DOP2,466.61	-45.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,783.61	$40.25 DOP2,383.77	-15.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,745.03	$67.09 DOP3,972.96	-45.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,428.11	$80.51 DOP4,767.55	-48.7%
Average			-38.8%

Moscow vs. Las Terrenas - 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: March 2026

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