Curitiba vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$331	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	60	96
😀 Quality of life	55	74
🏙️ Population	1.77M	13.1M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 39% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6656th and 4359th ($755 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Brazil and Russia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5882nd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Moscow

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	Curitiba	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$12252

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$652
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$642
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$555
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$581
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$662
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$567
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$614
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$659
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$621
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$632
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$639
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$506
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$594
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$552
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$612
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$581
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$594
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$600
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$609
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$611
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$497
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$615
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$624
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$580
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$577
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$612
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$548
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$600
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$575
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$571

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