Denver vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	716K	13.1M

The cost of living in Denver is 118% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 463rd and 4359th ($2717 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th 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 1.9 months in Denver compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 158th and 1187th 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	$18.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$12252

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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