Baltimore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Baltimore	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2197	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5257	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1386	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2455	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4752	$1208
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	96
😀 Quality of life	92	73
🏙️ Population	586K	12.5M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 115% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1292nd and 5167th ($2197 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1152nd 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 2.2 months in Baltimore compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Baltimore ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 89th and 1608th 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	$15.1	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1343	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1181	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2857	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.1	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.5	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2109	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.11	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.6	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.18	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.77	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.73	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30623	$10868

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2421
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2518
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2674
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2258
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2433
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2367
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2416
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2849
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2401
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2362
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2359
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2369
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2150
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2325
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2685
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2662
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3079
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$2844
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2591
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2982
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2535
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2116
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2308
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2714
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2215
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2428
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2518
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1846
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2730
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2863
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2685
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$1861
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3110
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$1886
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2592
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2522
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2144
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2426
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2107
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$1906

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517