Detroit vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Detroit	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2032	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4925	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1878	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3072	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	77	96
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	639K	13.3M

The cost of living in Detroit is 28% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1947th and 3728th ($2032 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1526th 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Detroit ranked 95th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 318th and 3206th 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	$18.1	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.88	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.48	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1299	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$820	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2296	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1448	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1602	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1188	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.34	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.68	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.46	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.2	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1360	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19339	$17546

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1980
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1947
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1975
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1993
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1939
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1758
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1909
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1969
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1820
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1943
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1907
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1946
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1926
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2030
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1905
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1941
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1876
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1926
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1968
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1837
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1920
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1972
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1944
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2004
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2181
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1940
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1796
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1913
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1701
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2285
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1843
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1624
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1635
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1957
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1619

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