Adelaide vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	1.39M	13.1M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 59% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1894th and 4359th ($1978 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 46th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Moscow

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	Adelaide	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$12252

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592