Cape Town vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cape Town	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1071	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2522	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$582	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1532	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	56	96
😀 Quality of life	58	74
🏙️ Population	3.78M	13.1M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 14% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5016th and 4359th ($1071 vs $1244) 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 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 5491st and 1187th 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	$8.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$677	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1304	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$863	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.1	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.89%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1180	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.47	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.24	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.48	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.02	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.05	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$51	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$204	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4806	$12252

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1147
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$619
371 km or 231 mi	George	$743
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$840
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$699
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$763
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$915
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$814
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1332
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$766
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$567
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$621
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$852
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$748
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$827
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$780
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$792
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$665
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$664
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$923
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$691
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$628
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$837
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$862
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$953
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$809
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$813
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$740

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