Cape Town vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cape Town	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1386	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3160	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$775	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$1348	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$359	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$405	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	55	96
😀 Quality of life	58	72
🏙️ Population	3.78M	13.3M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 17% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4336th and 3277th ($1386 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 0.3 months in Cape Town compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Cape Town ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6134th and 2774th 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	$12.2	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.19	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.47	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.39	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$591	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.35%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2325	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1508	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.4	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.97	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.53	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.77	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.45	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.22	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.14	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.7	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$272	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6197	$20160

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1421
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$763
371 km or 231 mi	George	$877
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$968
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1020
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$796
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$863
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$1033
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$904
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1390
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$773
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$611
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$660
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$953
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$811
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$991
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$872
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$903
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$945
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$691
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$691
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$742
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$725
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$1031
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$994
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$723
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$663
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$912
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$1040
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$1104
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$938
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$998
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$893

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