Denver vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Denver	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2771	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6354	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1753	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$3084	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5105	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	90	73
🏙️ Population	716K	12.5M

The cost of living in Denver is 171% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 294th and 5167th ($2771 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 256th 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 Denver compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Denver ranked 23rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 134th and 1608th 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	$17.6	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.51	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1825	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1500	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3360	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2706	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.3	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4848	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3873	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$119	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.2	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.14	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.06	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.63	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.85	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.66	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.4	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$144	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1322	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16286	$10868

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2476
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2334
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2438
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2467
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2456
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2324
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2321
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2494
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2463
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2501
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2387
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2501
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2395
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2443
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2374
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2478
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2659
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2502
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$1912
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2183
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2287
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1801
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2411
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1852
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$2226
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1647
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2312
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$2013
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1707
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1780
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2013
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2112
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1699
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1778

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517