Atlanta vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	95	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	499K	13.1M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 107% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 704th and 4359th ($2570 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th 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 Atlanta compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 165th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Moscow

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	Atlanta	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$12252

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

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