Denver vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Denver	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6409	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1710	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2799	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$708	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4539	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	716K	13.3M

The cost of living in Denver is 76% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 432nd and 3728th ($2791 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th 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 1.6 months in Denver compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Denver ranked 61st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 239th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Moscow

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	Denver	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.7	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.62	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1860	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2961	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5415	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3638	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.5	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.03	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.84	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14.7	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.44	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.5	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$168	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.4	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1796	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18639	$17546

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2600
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2400
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2546
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2626
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2638
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2399
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2286
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2742
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2667
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2728
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2540
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2600
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2972
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2598
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2749
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2524
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2917
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2510
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2727
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2509
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2034
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2278
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2451
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2357
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2323
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1771
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2140
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1920
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1928
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$2168
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1648
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2418
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1880
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1753
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1519
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2220
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2472
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1748
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1676

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791