Dusseldorf vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dusseldorf	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1861	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4578	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1029	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1905	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$527	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3480	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	95	74
🏙️ Population	629K	13M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 73% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2278th and 5091st ($1861 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 26th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Moscow

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	Dusseldorf	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.8	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.17	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.23	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$959	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1887	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.3	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7923	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6295	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.9	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.97	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.77	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.6	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$657	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22103	$11652

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1566
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1548
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1571
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1556
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1578
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1527
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1620
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1505
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1558
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1489
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1441
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1538
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1464
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1463
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1465
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1425
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1652
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1497
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1638
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1543
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1461
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1206
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1479
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1415
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1525
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1582
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1441
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1478
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1470
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1851

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541