Brisbane vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	2.71M	13.3M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 43% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1349th and 3728th ($2269 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 3rd and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Moscow

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	Brisbane	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$17546

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791