Bangalore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangalore	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1429	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$219	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$528	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.8	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1153	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	74	96
😀 Quality of life	68	74
🏙️ Population	12.3M	13.1M

The cost of living in Bangalore is 57% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8398th and 4359th ($533 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Bangalore compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Bangalore ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 3159th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bangalore vs Moscow infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bangalore/moscow.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bangalore vs Moscow infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bangalore/moscow" target="_blank">Bangalore vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bangalore vs Moscow

Prices for goods and services in Bangalore and Moscow are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bangalore	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.3	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.5	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.37%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2065	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1100	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.95	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.02	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.64	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$109	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3404	$12252

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$351
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$375
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$346
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$311
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$304
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$258
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$354
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$295
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$304
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$300
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$315
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$367
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$355
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$339
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$342
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$292
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$360
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$306
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$306
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$344
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$325
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$272
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$430
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$316
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$302
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$412
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$359
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$366
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$514
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$280
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$294
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$349
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$310
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$346
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$383
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$338
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$359
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$306
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357

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