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Santo Andre vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Santo Andre is 12.5% cheaper than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 4.1% more in Santo Andre
Groceries: pay 16.4% more in Santo Andre
Transportation: pay 1.5% more in Santo Andre
Housing: pay 10.0% less in Santo Andre
Childcare: pay 41.9% less in Santo Andre
Entertainment and Sports: pay 28.1% less in Santo Andre
Clothing: pay 29.4% less in Santo Andre

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

Santo Andre vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Santo Andre instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 4.1% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB950.80	$7.45 R$40.39	-37.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB475.40	$7.45 R$40.39	+24.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB110.14	$1.21 R$6.57	-12.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.73	$0.86 R$4.68	+41.3%
Average			+4.1%

Moscow vs. Santo Andre - Cost of restaurants

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pay 16.4% more for groceries

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB67.42	$1.90 R$10.28	+124.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB499.56	$5.30 R$28.73	-15.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB368.11	$3.81 R$20.63	-17.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB134.05	$2.38 R$12.89	+41.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB196.24	$1.99 R$10.78	-19.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB64.48	$1.04 R$5.65	+28.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB69.32	$0.82 R$4.46	-5.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.85	$0.72 R$3.91	-20.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB130.64	$0.77 R$4.17	-53.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.01	$0.61 R$3.31	+43.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.98	$0.59 R$3.19	+73.9%
Average			+16.4%

Moscow vs. Santo Andre - Cost of groceries

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pay 1.5% more for transportation

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB226.14	$4.13 R$22.41	+45.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,918.97	$25.62 R$138.85	-30.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,947,491.41	$22,360.53 R$121,180.64	-39.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB456.39	$7.45 R$40.39	+30.1%
Average			+1.5%

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pay 10.0% less for housing

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB622.74	$20.82 R$112.83	+166.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB99,834.39	$291.93 R$1,582.08	-76.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,507.99	$208.08 R$1,127.65	-70.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,811.54	$45.38 R$245.91	-59.0%
Average			-10.0%

Moscow vs. Santo Andre - Cost of housing

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pay 41.9% less for childcare

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,294.20	$344.72 R$1,868.20	-47.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,138,207.09	$9,093.28 R$49,280.13	-36.3%
Average			-41.9%

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pay 28.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB332.78	$2.24 R$12.12	-46.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB251.50	$1.89 R$10.27	-40.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB237.70	$2.33 R$12.62	-21.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,551.75	$24.22 R$131.28	-45.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB522.94	$7.45 R$40.39	+13.6%
Average			-28.1%

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pay 29.4% less for clothing

	Moscow	Santo Andre
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,059.63	$54.85 R$297.28	-27.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,803.21	$47.52 R$257.51	-0.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,795.53	$78.22 R$423.93	-36.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,492.50	$74.26 R$402.43	-52.6%
Average			-29.4%

Moscow vs. Santo Andre - 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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