Chongqing vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chongqing	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$561	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1695	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$180	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	74	73
🏙️ Population	32.1M	13.3M

The cost of living in Chongqing is 61% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8185th and 4141st ($561 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 322nd and 1st in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Chongqing compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Chongqing ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2237th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chongqing vs Moscow

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	Chongqing	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$433	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$231	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.8	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.46	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.87%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2367	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1345	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23821	$15272

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$542
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$569
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$575
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$562
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$645
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$573
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$551
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$598
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$538
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$570
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$583
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$551
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$591
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$538
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$557
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$601
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$599
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$635
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$563
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$571
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$563
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$528
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$569
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$557
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$552
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$588
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$558
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$544
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$536
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$580
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$567
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$583
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$587
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$562
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$568
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$571
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$537

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