Austin vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Austin	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2455	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5709	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1585	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2741	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$566	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5262	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	962K	13.1M

The cost of living in Austin is 97% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 858th and 4359th ($2455 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 790th 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 Austin compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Austin ranked 30th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 142nd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Austin vs Moscow

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	Austin	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1949	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1266	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3348	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4187	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2882	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.03	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.35	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1385	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22096	$12252

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Cities near Austin

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
25 km or 15 mi	Round Rock	$2163
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
31 km or 20 mi	Leander	$2260
37 km or 23 mi	Kyle	$2223
39 km or 24 mi	Georgetown	$2192
51 km or 32 mi	San Marcos	$2224
76 km or 47 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
84 km or 52 mi	Seguin	$2182
86 km or 53 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
90 km or 56 mi	Killeen	$1969
93 km or 58 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
95 km or 59 mi	Cibolo	$2148
96 km or 60 mi	Schertz	$2132
96 km or 60 mi	Temple	$2134
122 km or 76 mi	San Antonio	$2033
137 km or 85 mi	Bryan	$1944
138 km or 86 mi	Kerrville	$2152
140 km or 87 mi	College Station	$1853
150 km or 93 mi	Waco	$2230
180 km or 112 mi	Victoria	$2215
204 km or 126 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
214 km or 133 mi	Huntsville	$2089
215 km or 133 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
218 km or 136 mi	Stephenville	$2133
218 km or 136 mi	Conroe	$1799
219 km or 136 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
226 km or 140 mi	Missouri	$2087
227 km or 141 mi	Spring	$2093
230 km or 143 mi	Cleburne	$2155
233 km or 145 mi	Corsicana	$2170
234 km or 145 mi	Houston	$2265
248 km or 154 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
249 km or 155 mi	Pearland	$2108
252 km or 156 mi	Burleson	$2159
252 km or 157 mi	Midlothian	$2224
256 km or 159 mi	Pasadena	$2182
258 km or 160 mi	Alvin	$2056
260 km or 161 mi	Friendswood	$2097
260 km or 161 mi	Mansfield	$2305

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