Gold Coast vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gold Coast	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2152	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4849	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1358	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2188	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3845	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	49	96
😀 Quality of life	90	73
🏙️ Population	638K	12.5M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 111% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1408th and 5167th ($2152 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 120th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Moscow

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	Gold Coast	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2323	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1888	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11003	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8562	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.9	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1760	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11702	$10868

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2356
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1785
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1881
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1816
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1354
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1545
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1461
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1404
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$1998
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1903
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1691
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2741
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2348
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1610
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1463
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1430
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1723
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2604
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1669
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1249
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1462
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1716
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517