Detroit vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	77	96
😀 Quality of life	86	74
🏙️ Population	639K	13.1M

The cost of living in Detroit is 66% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1678th and 4359th ($2064 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th 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 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 315th and 1187th 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	$17.3	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$12252

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

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