Baltimore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Baltimore	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2234	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5254	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2204	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4084	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	97	96
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	586K	13.3M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 41% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1414th and 3728th ($2234 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Baltimore ranked 41st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 164th and 3206th 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	$17.3	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.1	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.71	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.29	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$997	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2430	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1814	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.3	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2325	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2166	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.9	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.41	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.29	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.74	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$122	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1492	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21697	$17546

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2443
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2586
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2830
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2344
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2985
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2521
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2755
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2951
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2667
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2544
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2650
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2777
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2252
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2499
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2763
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2526
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3306
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3030
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2664
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2877
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2581
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2257
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2333
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2721
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2379
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2522
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2800
76 km or 47 mi	York	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2818
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2736
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2304
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2207
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3292
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2105
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2588
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2198
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2453
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2000
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2024

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