Auckland vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Auckland	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1961	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4489	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1107	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1860	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3143	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	32	96
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	1.47M	13.3M

The cost of living in Auckland is 36% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2124th and 4141st ($1961 vs $1438) 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 170th and 2664th 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	$12.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.89	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1141	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1583	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7253	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.77	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.56	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$864	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13612	$15272

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1716
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1678
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1383
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1250
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1678
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1312
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1423
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1425
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1493
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1612
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1480
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1252
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1743
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1869
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1396
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1254
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1638
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1847
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1536
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2086
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1461
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1238
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1878
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1807
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1022
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$836
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$818
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$997
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1839

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