Atlanta vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Atlanta	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2641	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5926	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1592	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2480	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$711	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5005	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	95	96
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	499K	13.3M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 84% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 647th and 4141st ($2641 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 572nd 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 Atlanta compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Atlanta ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 179th and 2664th 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	$21.5	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.8	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.03	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1682	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2780	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2071	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.6	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2885	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2139	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.22	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.3	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.1	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.7	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1237	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26158	$15272

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2416
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2419
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2384
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2379
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2503
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2370
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2423
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2345
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2413
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2412
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2333
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2421
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2193
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2466
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2421
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2454
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$2242
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2563
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$3016
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2298
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2478
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1902
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$2098
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2279
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2492
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2131
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2246
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2252
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$1982
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2362
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1891
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1879
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2186
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1824
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1600
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1820
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1925
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1910
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1948
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1981

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772