Berlin vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	95	74
🏙️ Population	3.78M	13.1M

The cost of living in Berlin is 63% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1762nd and 4359th ($2027 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 21st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Moscow

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	Berlin	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$12252

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

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