Buenos Aires vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$402	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	79	96
😀 Quality of life	72	74
🏙️ Population	3.12M	13M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 15% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6099th and 5091st ($909 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Argentina and Russia, respectively. Check Argentina vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1789th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Moscow

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	Buenos Aires	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$11652

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$672
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$808
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$620
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$783
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$770
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$777
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$773
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$540
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$717
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$777
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$779
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$481
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$764
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$790
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$756
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$766
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$801
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$812
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$769
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$672
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$760
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$752
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$771
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$627
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$751
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$801
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$748
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$740
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$683
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$759
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$749
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$728
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$748
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$757
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$721
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$754
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$767
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$742

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541