Arlington vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	73	74
🏙️ Population	394K	13.1M

The cost of living in Arlington is 51% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2153rd and 4359th ($1883 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1499th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Moscow

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	Arlington	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$12252

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

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