Cape Town vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cape Town	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2628	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$603	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1117	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1545	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	55	96
😀 Quality of life	59	74
🏙️ Population	3.78M	13M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 4% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4849th and 5091st ($1120 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in South Africa and Russia, respectively. Check South Africa vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5407th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Moscow

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	Cape Town	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.8	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$705	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1367	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1902	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1292	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.91	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.24	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4270	$11652

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541