Auckland vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Auckland	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2156	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4802	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1967	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$242	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3398	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	32	96
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	1.47M	13.3M

The cost of living in Auckland is 36% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1604th and 3728th ($2156 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in New Zealand and Russia, respectively. Check New Zealand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 240th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Moscow

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	Auckland	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.5	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.86	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.14	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2099	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1689	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.07%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7507	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5316	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.63	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.66	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.7	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.6	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$988	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15607	$17546

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1778
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1646
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1782
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1527
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1474
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1261
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1740
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1393
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1523
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1304
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1528
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1605
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1696
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1518
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1458
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1741
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1359
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1788
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1803
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1920
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$2037
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1533
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1325
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1787
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1894
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1623
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2303
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1579
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1318
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1928
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1865
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1865
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1033
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1035
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$879
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$857
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$1039
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1997

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