Hempstead vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	97	96
😀 Quality of life	79	74
🏙️ Population	793K	13.1M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 114% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 556th and 4359th ($2664 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th 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 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 636th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Moscow

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	Hempstead	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$12252

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592