Canberra vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Canberra	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2023	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4526	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1907	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3542	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	30	96
😀 Quality of life	84	74
🏙️ Population	381K	13.1M

The cost of living in Canberra is 63% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1768th and 4359th ($2023 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Canberra ranked 8th best city to live in Australia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 388th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Moscow

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	Canberra	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.2	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.23	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1342	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2202	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.3%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7003	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5163	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.18	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.44	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.05	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.59	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.26	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.8	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1802	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12940	$12252

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1616
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1416
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1538
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1511
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1584
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2252
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1824
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2539
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2099
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1619
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1702
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1601
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1448
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1727
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1654
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1643
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1645
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1620
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1291
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2194
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1691
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1671
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1668
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1625
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1981
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1390
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1185
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1691
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1768
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1651
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2106
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1504

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592