Baltimore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baltimore	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2287	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5428	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2370	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4207	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	97	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	586K	13.1M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 84% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1182nd and 4359th ($2287 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1076th 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 1.8 months in Baltimore compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Baltimore ranked 24th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 131st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Moscow

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	Baltimore	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.37	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.16	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1496	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1104	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2801	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.7	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2120	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1975	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.58	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1264	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22681	$12252

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2500
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2584
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2760
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2299
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2909
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2499
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2727
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2961
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2640
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2566
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2548
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2596
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2777
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2425
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3149
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$2893
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2791
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2856
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2210
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2389
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2617
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2309
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2498
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2513
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1979
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2786
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2696
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2197
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2085
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3174
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2033
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2539
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2250
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2640
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2217
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2149

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