Bissau vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bissau	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$895	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2176	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$397	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$392	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$50	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$124	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	4	96
😀 Quality of life	18	73
🏙️ Population	492K	13.3M

The cost of living in Bissau is 38% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6252nd and 4141st ($895 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guinea-Bissau and Russia, respectively. Check Guinea-Bissau vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Bissau compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Bissau ranked 1st best city to live in Guinea-Bissau vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 9139th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bissau vs Moscow

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	Bissau	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.13	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$252	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$703	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.75%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1518	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.4	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.15	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.72	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.42	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.2	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$761	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2302	$15272

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Cities near Bissau

Distance	City	Cost of living
108 km or 67 mi	Bafata	$872
109 km or 68 mi	Ziguinchor	$1031
135 km or 84 mi	Kolda	$1044
194 km or 120 mi	Brikama	$598
204 km or 127 mi	Lamin	$541
207 km or 128 mi	Banjul	$516
254 km or 158 mi	Boffa	$999
259 km or 161 mi	Kaolack	$1088
287 km or 179 mi	Fatick	$1084
333 km or 207 mi	Conakry	$1067
355 km or 221 mi	Thies	$1140
357 km or 222 mi	Forecariah	$999
366 km or 227 mi	Rufisque	$1141
378 km or 235 mi	Dakar	$1221
417 km or 259 mi	Mamou	$1021
423 km or 263 mi	Louga	$1060
456 km or 283 mi	Freetown	$1347
474 km or 295 mi	Saint-Louis	$1062
518 km or 322 mi	Rosso	$630
605 km or 376 mi	Bo	$1283
655 km or 407 mi	Kenema	$1281
693 km or 430 mi	Nouakchott	$662
701 km or 436 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
706 km or 439 mi	Kankan	$1007
811 km or 504 mi	Monrovia	$536
826 km or 513 mi	Kakata	$502
831 km or 516 mi	Bamako	$583
872 km or 542 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
879 km or 546 mi	Koulikoro	$506
885 km or 550 mi	Bougouni	$508
903 km or 561 mi	Banamba	$506
906 km or 563 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
908 km or 564 mi	Yekepa	$503
921 km or 572 mi	Praia	$964
944 km or 586 mi	Assomada	$962
1027 km or 638 mi	Segou	$506
1048 km or 651 mi	Greenville	$502
1052 km or 654 mi	Markala	$508
1083 km or 673 mi	Sikasso	$514
1121 km or 697 mi	Korhogo	$1099

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772