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Uruguay vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Uruguay is 50.5% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 85.3% more in Uruguay
Groceries: pay 70.0% more in Uruguay
Transportation: pay 2.2 times more in Uruguay
Housing: pay 81.5% more in Uruguay
Childcare: pay 33.8% less in Uruguay
Entertainment and Sports: pay 34.8% more in Uruguay
Clothing: pay 0.3% less in Uruguay

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

Uruguay vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Uruguay instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 85.3% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Uruguay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB927.45	$18.91 UYU749.83	+58.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB463.73	$11.15 UYU442.15	+86.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB107.44	$2.07 UYU82.04	+49.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB47.53	$1.51 UYU59.67	+146.1%
Average			+85.3%

Moscow vs. Uruguay - Cost of restaurants

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pay 70.0% more for groceries

	Moscow	Uruguay
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB65.76	$2.50 UYU98.92	+194.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB487.29	$7.13 UYU282.69	+13.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB359.07	$4.42 UYU175.06	-4.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB130.76	$4.13 UYU163.75	+145.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB191.42	$4.77 UYU189.06	+93.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB62.89	$1.21 UYU47.94	+49.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB67.62	$1.08 UYU42.91	+24.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB70.09	$0.61 UYU24.23	-32.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB127.43	$1.59 UYU63.04	-3.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB33.17	$0.90 UYU35.63	+110.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.31	$0.94 UYU37.31	+178.0%
Average			+70.0%

Moscow vs. Uruguay - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.2 times more for transportation

	Moscow	Uruguay
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB220.59	$7.29 UYU289.17	+157.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,847.28	$50.38 UYU1,997.34	+37.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,875,107.01	$35,912.71 UYU1,423,689.38	-2.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB445.18	$21.33 UYU845.39	+272.3%
Average			+116.0%

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pay 81.5% more for housing

	Moscow	Uruguay
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB607.45	$39.55 UYU1,567.99	+406.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB97,382.66	$657.18 UYU26,052.74	-47.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB55,120.27	$493.59 UYU19,567.39	-30.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,595.15	$108.50 UYU4,301.40	-1.9%
Average			+81.5%

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pay 33.8% less for childcare

	Moscow	Uruguay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB51,009.96	$485.40 UYU19,242.74	-26.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,110,255.03	$8,353.42 UYU331,154.91	-41.5%
Average			-33.8%

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pay 34.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Uruguay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB324.61	$3.70 UYU146.55	-11.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB245.32	$4.13 UYU163.70	+30.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB231.86	$5.51 UYU218.61	+84.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,464.53	$53.33 UYU2,114.09	+19.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB510.10	$9.86 UYU390.86	+50.2%
Average			+34.8%

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pay 0.3% less for clothing

	Moscow	Uruguay
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,910.82	$84.21 UYU3,338.42	+10.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,709.82	$50.56 UYU2,004.52	+5.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,554.97	$126.88 UYU5,029.90	+3.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,185.71	$123.58 UYU4,899.10	-21.2%
Average			-0.3%

Moscow vs. Uruguay - 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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