Chicago vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chicago	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2667	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6807	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1579	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$3056	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4901	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	96	74
🏙️ Population	2.75M	13M

The cost of living in Chicago is 148% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 483rd and 5091st ($2667 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 425th 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 Chicago compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 20th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Moscow

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	Chicago	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.62	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.12	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1974	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3828	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2594	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.1	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3554	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3158	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.5	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.2	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2457	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19423	$11652

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2427
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2463
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2424
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2375
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2376
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2177
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2307
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2344
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2352
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2326
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2367
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2412
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2393
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2292
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2305
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2360
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2358
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2268
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2292
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1950
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2293
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2296
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1975
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2276
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2392
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2363
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2276
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2380
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2269
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2280
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2134
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2331
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$2002
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2357

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