Charlotte vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Charlotte	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6031	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1631	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$2780	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4594	$1262
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	68	96
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	875K	13M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 143% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 574th and 5091st ($2615 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 508th and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Charlotte ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 230th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Moscow

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	Charlotte	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.95	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1394	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3455	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2308	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4378	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2768	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.26	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1274	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25869	$11652

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2313
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2178
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2270
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2115
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2146
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1971
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2155
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2194
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2012
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2142
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2081
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2052
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1530
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1844
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1917
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2094
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2105
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2110
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2110
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2162
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2281
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2012
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1857
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2399
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1955
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2509
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1908
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1872
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2122
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2596
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2126
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2076
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2088

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