Brisbane vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	95	73
🏙️ Population	2.36M	12.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 131% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 930th and 5167th ($2356 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 18th and 1608th 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	$13.8	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$10868

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

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