Honolulu vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Honolulu	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3241	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7578	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$3537	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$870	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4156	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	58	96
😀 Quality of life	85	72
🏙️ Population	351K	13.3M

The cost of living in Honolulu is 105% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 117th and 3728th ($3241 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 83rd 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 1.3 months in Honolulu compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Honolulu ranked 139th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 438th and 3206th 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	$21.1	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$105	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.56	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$7.91	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.21	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2262	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1695	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4086	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.8	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8726	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7721	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.03	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.5	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.5	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.83	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.63	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.87	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.61	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.9	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.5	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.4	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.01	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.04	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.3	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$174	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1887	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23744	$17546

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Cities near Honolulu

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	East Honolulu	$2925
16 km or 10 mi	Pearl	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Waipahu	$2700
24 km or 15 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2643
152 km or 94 mi	Kahului	$3147
191 km or 118 mi	Kauai	$2821
267 km or 166 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3544
339 km or 211 mi	Hilo	$2467
2149 km or 1335 mi	London	$539
3662 km or 2275 mi	Djarrit	$1510
3674 km or 2283 mi	Majuro	$1507
3836 km or 2383 mi	Eureka	$2088
3840 km or 2386 mi	Ukiah	$2588
3843 km or 2388 mi	Pacifica	$3255
3847 km or 2390 mi	Daly	$3252
3848 km or 2391 mi	San Bruno	$3264
3849 km or 2392 mi	South San Francisco	$3245
3849 km or 2392 mi	Millbrae	$3282
3850 km or 2392 mi	Windsor	$2840
3852 km or 2393 mi	Rohnert Park	$2948
3852 km or 2393 mi	San Rafael	$4102
3852 km or 2394 mi	Burlingame	$3346
3853 km or 2394 mi	Petaluma	$3309
3853 km or 2394 mi	Novato	$3182
3854 km or 2395 mi	San Francisco	$4040
3855 km or 2395 mi	Santa Rosa	$2802
3855 km or 2396 mi	San Mateo	$3831
3856 km or 2396 mi	Belmont	$3593
3858 km or 2397 mi	San Carlos	$3359
3859 km or 2398 mi	South Tarawa	$538
3859 km or 2398 mi	Foster	$3604
3859 km or 2398 mi	Redwood	$3771
3860 km or 2398 mi	Monterey	$2873
3860 km or 2399 mi	Santa Cruz	$3489
3863 km or 2400 mi	Menlo Park	$3395
3864 km or 2401 mi	Seaside	$1923
3866 km or 2402 mi	Richmond	$3083
3866 km or 2402 mi	Palo Alto	$3805
3867 km or 2403 mi	San Pablo	$3058
3867 km or 2403 mi	Los Altos	$3254

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791