Canberra vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Canberra	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2258	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5105	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1409	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$2111	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4498	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	30	96
😀 Quality of life	85	72
🏙️ Population	381K	13.3M

The cost of living in Canberra is 35% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1373rd and 3277th ($2258 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Canberra compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Canberra ranked 10th best city to live in Australia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 438th and 2774th 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	$15.6	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.7	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.03	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.24	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1459	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1187	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2549	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1714	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.83%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9940	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6181	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.2	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.9	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.98	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.8	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.7	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2338	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17844	$20160

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1795
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1701
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1460
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1709
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2481
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2040
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2354
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1825
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1855
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1816
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1995
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$2000
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1936
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1915
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1913
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1834
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1493
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2543
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1933
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1896
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1813
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2179
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1606
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1273
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1905
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1868
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1728
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2364
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1720

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749