Belgrade vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$622	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	51	96
😀 Quality of life	71	74
🏙️ Population	1.2M	13.1M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 7% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4605th and 4359th ($1160 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Russia, respectively. Check Serbia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2157th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Moscow

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	Belgrade	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$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	$693	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$12252

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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