Honolulu vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Honolulu	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3039	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7612	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1950	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$3959	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$774	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4110	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	62	96
😀 Quality of life	87	74
🏙️ Population	351K	13M

The cost of living in Honolulu is 183% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 133rd and 5091st ($3039 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 103rd 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 1.4 months in Honolulu compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Honolulu ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 290th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honolulu vs Moscow

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	Honolulu	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.01	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$6.53	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1975	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1617	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3984	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3497	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$295	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.1	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8808	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8156	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$6.67	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.54	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.35	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.85	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.8	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31596	$11652

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Cities near Honolulu

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	East Honolulu	$2776
16 km or 10 mi	Pearl	$2571
19 km or 12 mi	Waipahu	$2601
24 km or 15 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2554
152 km or 94 mi	Kahului	$3033
191 km or 118 mi	Kauai	$2719
267 km or 166 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3271
339 km or 211 mi	Hilo	$2372
2149 km or 1335 mi	London	$520
3662 km or 2275 mi	Djarrit	$1519
3674 km or 2283 mi	Majuro	$1523
3836 km or 2383 mi	Eureka	$2538
3840 km or 2386 mi	Ukiah	$3042
3843 km or 2388 mi	Pacifica	$3152
3847 km or 2390 mi	Daly	$3180
3848 km or 2391 mi	San Bruno	$3196
3849 km or 2392 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
3849 km or 2392 mi	Millbrae	$3224
3850 km or 2392 mi	Windsor	$2873
3852 km or 2393 mi	Rohnert Park	$2952
3852 km or 2393 mi	San Rafael	$4155
3852 km or 2394 mi	Burlingame	$3293
3853 km or 2394 mi	Petaluma	$3330
3853 km or 2394 mi	Novato	$3176
3854 km or 2395 mi	San Francisco	$3781
3855 km or 2395 mi	Santa Rosa	$2864
3855 km or 2396 mi	San Mateo	$3672
3856 km or 2396 mi	Belmont	$3804
3858 km or 2397 mi	San Carlos	$3442
3859 km or 2398 mi	South Tarawa	$521
3859 km or 2398 mi	Foster	$3473
3859 km or 2398 mi	Redwood	$3584
3860 km or 2398 mi	Monterey	$2846
3860 km or 2399 mi	Santa Cruz	$3433
3863 km or 2400 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
3864 km or 2401 mi	Seaside	$2839
3866 km or 2402 mi	Richmond	$3053
3866 km or 2402 mi	Palo Alto	$3610
3867 km or 2403 mi	San Pablo	$3048
3867 km or 2403 mi	Los Altos	$3085

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