Addis Ababa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Addis Ababa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$923	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2499	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$407	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$367	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.5	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	32	96
😀 Quality of life	40	73
🏙️ Population	3.04M	12.5M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 10% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5819th and 5167th ($923 vs $1021) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7141st and 1608th 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	$6.72	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.24	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$0.91	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$490	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1412	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.3	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.83%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2118	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1370	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.26	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.5	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.68	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.41	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.1	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.6	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3122	$10868

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$840
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$820
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$871
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$883
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$676
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$885
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$524
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$602
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$800
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$551
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$857
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$815
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$522
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$466
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$498
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$467
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$466
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$1061
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$466
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$490
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$479
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$486
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$881
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$481
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$489
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$805
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$470
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$467
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$498
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$523
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$899
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$901
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$556
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$486
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$936

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517