Dhaka vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dhaka	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1093	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$118	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$238	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$1546
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	54	74
🏙️ Population	16.8M	13.1M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 65% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8899th and 4359th ($430 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bangladesh and Russia, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Dhaka compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5971st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Moscow

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	Dhaka	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.89	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.23	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.8	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.3	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.62%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$963	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.43	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.55	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47.4	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$12252

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$309
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$295
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$367
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$287
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$264
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$303
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$289
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$280
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$294
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$351
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$328
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$304
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$337
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$327
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$347
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$329
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$337
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$307
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$330
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$478
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$338
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$336
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$345
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$327
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$331
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$332
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$296
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$350
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$314

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