Buenos Aires vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Buenos Aires	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1207	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2929	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$536	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$799	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	79	96
😀 Quality of life	77	72
🏙️ Population	3.12M	13.3M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 24% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4761st and 3728th ($1207 vs $1585) 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 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1226th and 3206th 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	$17.2	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.81	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$396	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.6	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	41.08%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2734	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2026	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.7	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.58	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.43	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.71	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.96	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6078	$17546

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$815
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$938
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$747
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$918
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$1017
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$901
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1021
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$653
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$863
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1055
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$1062
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$587
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1050
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$903
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$920
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$866
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$1014
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$810
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$1055
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$905
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1050
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$706
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1104
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$851
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$908
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$906
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$758
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$1018
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$1028
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$927
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$947
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$904
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$1025
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$900
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$1015
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$962
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$965

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