Addis Ababa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Addis Ababa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1289	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$739	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1202	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$202	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	33	96
😀 Quality of life	46	73
🏙️ Population	5.7M	13.3M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 10% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4519th and 4141st ($1289 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ethiopia and Russia, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7005th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Moscow

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	Addis Ababa	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.52	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.08	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$733	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1328	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$823	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.5	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$129	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.11%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2572	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1694	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.63	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.64	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.51	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.05	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.04	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.42	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.72	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$182	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.82	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.5	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.8	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30210	$15272

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$1031
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$1039
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$802
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$1175
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$1016
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$1169
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$559
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$502
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$826
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$586
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$694
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$560
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$498
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$533
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$499
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$500
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$971
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$499
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$522
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$508
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$517
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$857
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$512
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$519
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$724
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$500
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$498
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$527
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$560
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$879
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$896
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$627
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$549
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$910

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772