Buenos Aires vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$365	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	79	96
😀 Quality of life	71	73
🏙️ Population	3.12M	12.5M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 23% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6407th and 5167th ($791 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 2311th and 1608th 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	$7.12	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$10868

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$657
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$650
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$658
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$658
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$639
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$705
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$642
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$536
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$683
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$644
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$665
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$666
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$558
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$679
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$629
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$579
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$597
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$577
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$626
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$623
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$581
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$623
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$581
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$605

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