Dallas vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dallas	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5210	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1465	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2028	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$634	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4795	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	92	73
🏙️ Population	1.3M	13.3M

The cost of living in Dallas is 70% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 948th and 4141st ($2447 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 834th 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 2 months in Dallas compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Dallas ranked 37th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 136th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dallas vs Moscow

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	Dallas	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.7	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1516	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1198	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2176	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1639	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3818	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2456	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.59	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.8	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.7	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1152	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24402	$15272

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Cities near Dallas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	University Park	$2287
14 km or 8.5 mi	Irving	$2133
18 km or 11 mi	Duncanville	$2183
18 km or 11 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
19 km or 12 mi	Mesquite	$2176
19 km or 12 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
20 km or 12 mi	Lancaster	$2222
21 km or 13 mi	DeSoto	$2200
21 km or 13 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
22 km or 13 mi	Garland	$2497
22 km or 14 mi	Richardson	$2315
25 km or 15 mi	Carrollton	$2199
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
27 km or 17 mi	Coppell	$2162
28 km or 17 mi	Euless	$2135
28 km or 18 mi	Rowlett	$2340
30 km or 19 mi	Sachse	$2381
30 km or 19 mi	Arlington	$1856
31 km or 19 mi	Plano	$2268
31 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2133
32 km or 20 mi	Bedford	$2139
32 km or 20 mi	Forney	$2212
34 km or 21 mi	Colleyville	$2140
34 km or 21 mi	Lewisville	$2038
35 km or 22 mi	Hurst	$2133
35 km or 22 mi	The Colony	$2246
36 km or 22 mi	Rockwall	$2215
37 km or 23 mi	Southlake	$2143
37 km or 23 mi	Mansfield	$2302
37 km or 23 mi	Midlothian	$2190
37 km or 23 mi	Wylie	$2568
38 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Allen	$2336
39 km or 24 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
40 km or 25 mi	Frisco	$2369
42 km or 26 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
42 km or 26 mi	Watauga	$2136
43 km or 27 mi	Keller	$2108
43 km or 27 mi	Haltom	$2140
44 km or 28 mi	Little Elm	$2216

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