Himeji vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Himeji	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2561	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$335	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$423	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2004	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	53 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	61	96
😀 Quality of life	75	72
🏙️ Population	528K	13.3M

The cost of living in Himeji is 42% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5728th and 3277th ($976 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 468th and 1st in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Himeji compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Himeji ranked 160th best city to live in Japan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1726th and 2774th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Himeji vs Moscow

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	Himeji	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.38	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$365	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.08%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5390	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2842	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.52	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.7	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.8	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$28.8	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.53	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.45	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.44	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.3	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.6	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$576	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14131	$20160

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Cities near Himeji

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Taishi	$924
11 km or 7 mi	Takasago	$946
13 km or 8.3 mi	Tatsuno	$934
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kakogawa	$1007
19 km or 12 mi	Kasai	$962
20 km or 12 mi	Aioi	$946
20 km or 13 mi	Harima	$1004
22 km or 14 mi	Inami	$1014
23 km or 14 mi	Ono	$997
24 km or 15 mi	Shiso	$946
28 km or 17 mi	Ako	$957
28 km or 17 mi	Miki	$1031
29 km or 18 mi	Kato	$997
33 km or 20 mi	Nishiwaki	$989
35 km or 21 mi	Akashi	$1141
46 km or 29 mi	Bizen	$934
48 km or 30 mi	Awaji	$1119
48 km or 30 mi	Kobe	$1185
50 km or 31 mi	Sanda	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Tanba	$984
53 km or 33 mi	Mimasaka	$932
56 km or 35 mi	Sumoto	$1122
57 km or 35 mi	Setouchi	$898
57 km or 35 mi	Tamba-Sasayama	$993
57 km or 36 mi	Ashiya	$1012
59 km or 36 mi	Asago	$969
59 km or 36 mi	Minamiawaji	$1184
60 km or 37 mi	Nishinomiya	$1066
61 km or 38 mi	Akaiwa	$885
62 km or 38 mi	Takarazuka	$1024
64 km or 40 mi	Inagawa	$991
66 km or 41 mi	Yabu	$955
66 km or 41 mi	Itami	$1010
66 km or 41 mi	Amagasaki	$1059
67 km or 42 mi	Fukuchiyama	$992
67 km or 42 mi	Kawanishi	$996
68 km or 43 mi	Ikeda	$988
69 km or 43 mi	Tsuyama	$922
70 km or 44 mi	Higashikagawa	$1251
72 km or 45 mi	Toyonaka	$1042

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749