Cape Town vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cape Town	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2814	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$681	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1180	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	56	96
😀 Quality of life	55	73
🏙️ Population	3.78M	13.3M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 14% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4637th and 4141st ($1231 vs $1438) 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Cape Town ranked 5th best city to live in South Africa vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6312th and 2664th 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	$11.5	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1355	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$937	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.58%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1957	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.62	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.78	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.2	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.86	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4978	$15272

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1243
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$666
371 km or 231 mi	George	$857
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$946
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$746
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$814
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$988
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$861
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1304
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$784
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$598
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$650
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$901
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$762
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$948
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$833
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$904
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$637
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$637
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$984
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$668
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$607
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$890
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$985
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$984
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$892
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$927
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$857

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772