Auckland vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Auckland	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1968	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4648	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1094	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1952	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$233	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3283	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	32	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	1.47M	13.1M

The cost of living in Auckland is 58% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1924th and 4359th ($1968 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.7 months in Auckland compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 161st and 1187th 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	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.02	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.92	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1104	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2191	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1679	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7916	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6301	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.56	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.79	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.27	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.4	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$890	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13719	$12252

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1709
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1736
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1506
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1213
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1652
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1182
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1418
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1457
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1433
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1524
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1144
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1253
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1607
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1837
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1475
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1248
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1847
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1717
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1746
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$1921
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1435
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1242
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1652
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1604
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1604
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1002
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1001
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$808
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$810
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$977
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1448

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