Chennai vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$159	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	78	96
😀 Quality of life	66	74
🏙️ Population	6.6M	13M

The cost of living in Chennai is 60% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8907th and 5091st ($433 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in India and Russia, respectively. Check India vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4094th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Moscow

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	Chennai	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$11652

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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