Glasgow vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	94	72
🏙️ Population	626K	13.3M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 34% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1712th and 3728th ($2121 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 42nd and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Moscow

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	Glasgow	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$17546

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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