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San Luis Potosi vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

San Luis Potosi is 10.8% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 26.8% more in San Luis Potosi
Groceries: pay 77.3% more in San Luis Potosi
Transportation: pay 69.0% more in San Luis Potosi
Housing: pay 19.2% more in San Luis Potosi
Childcare: pay 77.5% less in San Luis Potosi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.6% less in San Luis Potosi
Clothing: pay 29.8% less in San Luis Potosi

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

San Luis Potosi vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Luis Potosi instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 26.8% more for restaurants

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB911.35	$11.37 MX$206.69	-4.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB455.67	$10.56 MX$191.92	+77.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB105.57	$1.20 MX$21.90	-12.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB46.71	$0.90 MX$16.40	+47.6%
Average			+26.8%

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pay 77.3% more for groceries

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB64.62	$2.52 MX$45.77	+197.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB478.82	$4.12 MX$74.80	-34.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB352.84	$5.37 MX$97.56	+16.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB128.49	$2.63 MX$47.88	+56.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB188.10	$4.50 MX$81.76	+82.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB61.80	$1.47 MX$26.64	+81.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB66.45	$0.75 MX$13.71	-13.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB68.87	$0.98 MX$17.86	+9.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB125.22	$1.14 MX$20.69	-30.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB32.60	$1.14 MX$20.77	+167.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB25.86	$1.41 MX$25.68	+317.4%
Average			+77.3%

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pay 69.0% more for transportation

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB216.76	$4.99 MX$90.68	+75.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,797.83	$70.64 MX$1,283.78	+92.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,825,171.82	$24,910.92 MX$452,746.04	-32.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB437.45	$13.75 MX$249.95	+140.1%
Average			+69.0%

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pay 19.2% more for housing

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB596.90	$30.69 MX$557.73	+292.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB95,691.30	$203.08 MX$3,690.86	-83.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB54,162.93	$270.77 MX$4,921.15	-61.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,445.86	$33.01 MX$599.94	-70.2%
Average			+19.2%

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pay 77.5% less for childcare

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB50,124.02	$193.15 MX$3,510.42	-70.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,090,971.99	$2,209.49 MX$40,156.61	-84.5%
Average			-77.5%

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pay 9.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB318.97	$2.71 MX$49.21	-35.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB241.06	$3.09 MX$56.10	-2.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB227.84	$4.06 MX$73.82	+36.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,404.36	$29.78 MX$541.33	-33.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB501.24	$5.69 MX$103.34	-13.4%
Average			-9.6%

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pay 29.8% less for clothing

	Moscow	San Luis Potosi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,808.16	$54.15 MX$984.23	-28.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,645.38	$37.91 MX$688.96	-20.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,389.02	$99.26 MX$1,804.09	-19.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,974.07	$77.60 MX$1,410.40	-50.5%
Average			-29.8%

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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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