Cape Town vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cape Town	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3099	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$773	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1343	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$355	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$404	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	55	96
😀 Quality of life	55	72
🏙️ Population	3.78M	13.3M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 14% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4432nd and 3728th ($1366 vs $1585) 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 0.3 months in Cape Town compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Cape Town ranked 4th best city to live in South Africa vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6382nd and 3206th 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	$12.5	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.7	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.39	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$874	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1556	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.1	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2160	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1500	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.16	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.7	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.46	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.91	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.02	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.6	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5378	$17546

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1345
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$718
371 km or 231 mi	George	$927
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$980
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1036
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$811
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$874
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$1050
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$927
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1419
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$795
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$630
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$681
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$952
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$826
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$986
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$875
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$901
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$934
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$697
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$694
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$765
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$716
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$1057
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$731
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$662
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$958
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$1023
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$1089
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$948
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$968
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$905

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791