Chennai vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$152	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	78	96
😀 Quality of life	66	74
🏙️ Population	6.6M	13.1M

The cost of living in Chennai is 65% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8897th and 4359th ($430 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th 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 4th best city to live in India vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4021st and 1187th 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	$1.83	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$12252

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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