Buenos Aires vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1227	$1357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3001	$3262
🏠 One person rent	$529	$793
🏘️ Family rent	$901	$1399
🍽️ Food expenses	$485	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.7	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$736	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	79	96
😀 Quality of life	76	76
🏙️ Population	3.12M	13.3M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 10% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4692nd and 4389th ($1227 vs $1357) 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 0.6 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 1080th and 1259th 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	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.1	$48
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.63	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$1113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$391	$592
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1058	$2020
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$694	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.7	$86.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.36%	24.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2664	$9079
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$3921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$6.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.33	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.99	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$3.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$6.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.98	$6.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$32.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$334	$690
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5511	$14780

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$783
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$850
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$733
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$842
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$961
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$881
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$955
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$816
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$986
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$992
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$609
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$986
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1029
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$975
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$876
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$905
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$858
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$949
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$777
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$985
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$866
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$981
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$680
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1025
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$832
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$864
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$853
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$729
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$950
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$958
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$851
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$953
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$844
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$950
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$902

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1010
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1029
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$953
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$969
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$936
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$815
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1002
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$903
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$821
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$594
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$734
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$859
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$671
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$670
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$689
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$628
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$803
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$666
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$720
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$562
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$577
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$489
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$915
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$580
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$662
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$659
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$507
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$849
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$553
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$501
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$501
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$736
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$553
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$465
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$494
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$756
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$745