Dili vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$226	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	12	96
😀 Quality of life	30	74
🏙️ Population	222K	13.1M

The cost of living in Dili is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8549th and 4359th ($511 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and Russia, respectively. Check East Timor vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8098th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Moscow

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	Dili	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$12252

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

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