Glasgow vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Glasgow	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4848	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1146	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$2071	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3562	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	96	74
🏙️ Population	626K	13M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 87% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1833rd and 5091st ($2013 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th 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 1.8 months in Glasgow compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 19th and 1280th 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	$20.1	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.4	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.22	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.44	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1254	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$882	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2451	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.48%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3909	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3280	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.9	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.6	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.01	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1167	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12979	$11652

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364

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