Brasilia vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brasilia	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2318	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$386	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	28	96
😀 Quality of life	61	73
🏙️ Population	2.82M	13.3M

The cost of living in Brasilia is 39% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6320th and 4141st ($882 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Brasilia compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Brasilia ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5763rd and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brasilia vs Moscow

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	Brasilia	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.87	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.51	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$477	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.81%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2502	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.65	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.24	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$537	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16129	$15272

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Cities near Brasilia

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Formosa	$714
129 km or 80 mi	Anapolis	$531
142 km or 89 mi	Goianesia	$682
176 km or 110 mi	Goiania	$805
192 km or 119 mi	Paracatu	$656
196 km or 122 mi	Trindade	$693
231 km or 143 mi	Caldas Novas	$665
264 km or 164 mi	Catalao	$653
319 km or 198 mi	Araguari	$629
325 km or 202 mi	Itumbiara	$593
343 km or 213 mi	Patos de Minas	$624
350 km or 217 mi	Uberlandia	$670
379 km or 235 mi	Januaria	$588
391 km or 243 mi	Ituiutaba	$647
393 km or 244 mi	Rio Verde	$611
434 km or 270 mi	Araxa	$552
440 km or 273 mi	Uberaba	$559
442 km or 274 mi	Montes Claros	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Barra do Garcas	$655
469 km or 291 mi	Jatai	$642
470 km or 292 mi	Gurupi	$606
489 km or 304 mi	Janauba	$574
493 km or 306 mi	Curvelo	$600
511 km or 318 mi	Barreiras	$583
530 km or 329 mi	Franca	$552
535 km or 332 mi	Barretos	$604
557 km or 346 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
558 km or 347 mi	Fernandopolis	$635
560 km or 348 mi	Votuporanga	$641
561 km or 349 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
564 km or 350 mi	Passos	$568
568 km or 353 mi	Batatais	$609
575 km or 357 mi	Guanambi	$561
577 km or 358 mi	Bebedouro	$619
578 km or 359 mi	Divinopolis	$590
581 km or 361 mi	Formiga	$613
581 km or 361 mi	Sao Jose do Rio Preto	$750
585 km or 363 mi	Mirassol	$688
591 km or 367 mi	Itauna	$582
594 km or 369 mi	Sertaozinho	$629

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