Berlin vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Berlin	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4765	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1134	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2203	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$266	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3496	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	95	73
🏙️ Population	3.68M	12.5M

The cost of living in Berlin is 97% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1759th and 5167th ($2013 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Berlin compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Berlin ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 19th and 1608th 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	$12.4	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1192	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$858	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1755	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9186	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6527	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.8	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.2	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.84	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.14	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.88	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.6	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9556	$10868

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1671
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1729
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1715
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1656
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1735
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1601
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1629
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1701
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1673
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1581
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1695
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1689
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1622
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1607
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1618
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1656
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1628
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1536
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1677
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1372
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1443
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1280
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1288
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1298
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1263
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1271
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1379
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1370
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1348
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1297
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1196
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1249
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$848
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323

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