Arlington vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	394K	13.3M

The cost of living in Arlington is 20% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2397th and 3728th ($1907 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 894th and 3206th 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	$16	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$17546

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791