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Porto Seguro vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Porto Seguro is 16.8% cheaper than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 16.7% less in Porto Seguro
Groceries: pay 16.4% more in Porto Seguro
Transportation: pay 40.2% more in Porto Seguro
Housing: pay 30.6% less in Porto Seguro
Childcare: pay 80.4% less in Porto Seguro
Entertainment and Sports: pay 32.8% less in Porto Seguro
Clothing: pay 13.7% less in Porto Seguro

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

Porto Seguro vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Porto Seguro instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 16.7% less for restaurants

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$5.59 R$30.41	-53.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$6.80 R$37.00	+14.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$1.12 R$6.08	-19.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$0.56 R$3.04	-8.6%
Average			-16.7%

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pay 16.4% more for groceries

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$1.37 R$7.43	+61.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$4.43 R$24.07	-29.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$4.94 R$26.86	+6.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$4.66 R$25.34	+176.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$1.69 R$9.19	-31.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$0.85 R$4.60	+4.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.59 R$3.22	-32.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$0.76 R$4.14	-15.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$0.68 R$3.68	-58.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$0.63 R$3.45	+48.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$0.51 R$2.76	+49.8%
Average			+16.4%

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pay 40.2% more for transportation

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$4.89 R$26.59	+72.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$65.22 R$354.75	+78.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$26,087.28 R$141,899.15	-29.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	??
Average			+40.2%

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pay 30.6% less for housing

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$16.14 R$87.81	+106.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$223.61 R$1,216.28	-82.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$139.75 R$760.17	-80.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$37.05 R$201.52	-66.5%
Average			-30.6%

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pay 80.4% less for childcare

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$2,795.07 R$15,203.48	-80.4%
Average			-80.4%

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pay 32.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$1.68 R$9.12	-59.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$2.05 R$11.15	-35.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$22.36 R$121.63	-49.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$7.45 R$40.54	+13.6%
Average			-32.8%

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pay 13.7% less for clothing

	Moscow	Porto Seguro
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$93.17 R$506.78	+22.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$55.90 R$304.07	+17.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$93.17 R$506.78	-24.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$46.58 R$253.39	-70.3%
Average			-13.7%

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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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