Buenos Aires vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$496	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	78	96
😀 Quality of life	78	73
🏙️ Population	3.12M	13.3M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 21% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4856th and 4141st ($1139 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1059th and 2664th 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	$15.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$15272

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772