Baltimore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baltimore	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5331	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1411	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2342	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3970	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	97	96
😀 Quality of life	92	73
🏙️ Population	586K	13.3M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 62% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1219th and 4141st ($2323 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1063rd 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 1.7 months in Baltimore compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Baltimore ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 128th and 2664th 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	$17.4	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1652	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1117	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2831	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2256	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1977	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.66	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.7	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.71	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.3	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$122	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.4	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1287	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19353	$15272

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2450
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3069
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2940
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2495
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2563
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2612
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2710
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3328
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3054
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2601
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2919
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2255
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2339
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2697
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2355
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2509
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2773
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1949
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2791
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2755
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2288
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2121
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3275
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2050
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2506
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2256
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2693
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2066

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