Detroit vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Detroit	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2006	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4783	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1995	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$595	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4156	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	77	96
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	639K	13M

The cost of living in Detroit is 87% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1856th and 5091st ($2006 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1553rd 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 2.1 months in Detroit compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Detroit ranked 53rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 216th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Moscow

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	Detroit	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.52	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1250	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2485	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$982	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.84	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.81	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.97	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.59	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.8	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.1	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1296	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16775	$11652

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1793
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1976
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1904
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1835
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1851
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2032
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1703
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1968
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2109
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1923
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1978
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1813
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1908
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1969
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$1728
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1926
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1987
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1877
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1848
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1833
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1975
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1880
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1849
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1880
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1955
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2109
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$1909
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2291
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1939
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2397
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1700
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1876
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1713
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2260
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1905
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1662
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1561
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1936
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1614

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541