Detroit vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Detroit	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5076	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1225	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2140	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3098	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	77	96
😀 Quality of life	88	73
🏙️ Population	639K	13.3M

The cost of living in Detroit is 48% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1636th and 4141st ($2133 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1374th 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 99th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 311th and 2664th 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	$19.9	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$949	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1719	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.36	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.93	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1177	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16684	$15272

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1961
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2062
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2052
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2048
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2080
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1737
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2032
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2124
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2061
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1911
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2085
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2041
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2167
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2062
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2036
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2053
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1996
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1913
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2045
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1973
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1874
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1958
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2048
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2100
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2078
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2002
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2295
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1822
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1957
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1721
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2276
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1832
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1642
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1611
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1949
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1608

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772