El Paso vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	El Paso	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4149	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1739	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$595	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	34	96
😀 Quality of life	85	72
🏙️ Population	679K	13.3M

The cost of living in El Paso is 15% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2753rd and 3728th ($1828 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1911th 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 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. El Paso ranked 154th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 472nd and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Moscow

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	El Paso	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$817	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1466	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.5	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1787	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6914	$17546

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791