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Cost of Living in Mountain View, CA

Updated: March 02, 2025

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Cost of living One person Family of 4 💰Total with rent 🛋️Without rent 🏨Rent & Utilities 🍽️Food 🚐Transport 💳 Monthly salary after tax 😀 Quality of life 🏙️ Population
95
65
2
69
13
95
9
17
.4
1
42
91
82.4K

The average cost of living in Mountain View is 95, which is in the top 0.6% of the most expensive cities in the world, ranked 60th out of 9294 in our global list, 53rd out of 2202 in the United States, and 38th out of 319 in California.

The median after-tax salary is 42, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months. Ranked 121st (TOP 1%) in the list of best places to live in the world and 21st best city to live in the United States, and 8th most liveable city in California. With an estimated population of 82.4K, Mountain View is the 465th largest city in the United States.

✈️ Closest airport 😷 Air quality 🎓 Best university rank
3 km Moffett Federal Airfield
Excellent 5.8 µg/m³
2 Stanford University
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Eating Out 🍱 Lunch Menu 🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2 🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's 🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz  Cappuccino 🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
.2
.93
.01
.36
.6
Rent & Utilities 🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc. 🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc. 🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited 🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years 🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
16
62
13
11
4
8
.6
6.55%
499
177
Transportation 🚌 Local transport ticket 🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport 🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi  Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
.87
.2
.2
.15
Groceries 🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt 🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb 🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🥚 Eggs, x12 🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb 🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt 🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz 🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle 🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz 🚬 Cigarette pack 💊 Cold medicince, 1 week 🧴 Hair Shampoo 🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls 👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
.16
.1
.41
.67
.4
.3
.07
.74
.36
.44
.8
.84
.58
.37
.9
.81
.6
.98
.88
.4
.66
Other 🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month 🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person 👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit 💇 Haircut, simple 👖 Brand Jeans 👟 Brand Sneakers 👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month 🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
.6
.3
.2
.4
68
785

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Near Mountain View in the United States

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2.7 km or 1.7 mi
48
5.7 km or 3.5 mi
59
8.2 km or 5.1 mi
19
8.4 km or 5.2 mi
28
9.4 km or 5.8 mi
52
12 km or 7.2 mi
86
14 km or 8.4 mi
87
14 km or 8.6 mi
31
14 km or 8.6 mi
26
14 km or 8.9 mi
62
16 km or 9.7 mi
60
18 km or 11 mi
87
18 km or 11 mi
10
19 km or 12 mi
67
20 km or 12 mi
49
23 km or 14 mi
02
23 km or 14 mi
44
26 km or 16 mi
57
27 km or 16 mi
66
30 km or 19 mi
78
31 km or 19 mi
11
33 km or 20 mi
47
34 km or 21 mi
48
35 km or 22 mi
41
35 km or 22 mi
69
38 km or 23 mi
59
38 km or 24 mi
63
39 km or 24 mi
26
41 km or 25 mi
96
43 km or 26 mi
95
43 km or 27 mi
45
45 km or 28 mi
85
45 km or 28 mi
90
45 km or 28 mi
64
47 km or 29 mi
83
47 km or 29 mi
12
48 km or 30 mi
85
49 km or 30 mi
68
50 km or 31 mi
90
54 km or 34 mi
05
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