Honolulu vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Honolulu	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3173	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7419	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1978	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$3525	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$855	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4215	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	62	96
😀 Quality of life	88	73
🏙️ Population	351K	13.3M

The cost of living in Honolulu is 121% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 122nd and 4141st ($3173 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 90th 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 103rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 322nd and 2664th 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	$19.7	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.31	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$6.89	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.63	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1983	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1696	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3566	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3123	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9387	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7920	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.77	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$8.01	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.59	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.2	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.95	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.99	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$172	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1645	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20539	$15272

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Cities near Honolulu

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	East Honolulu	$2892
16 km or 10 mi	Pearl	$2637
19 km or 12 mi	Waipahu	$2700
24 km or 15 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2631
152 km or 94 mi	Kahului	$3155
191 km or 118 mi	Kauai	$2825
267 km or 166 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3515
339 km or 211 mi	Hilo	$2402
2149 km or 1335 mi	London	$532
3662 km or 2275 mi	Djarrit	$1502
3674 km or 2283 mi	Majuro	$1496
3836 km or 2383 mi	Eureka	$2064
3840 km or 2386 mi	Ukiah	$2778
3843 km or 2388 mi	Pacifica	$3218
3847 km or 2390 mi	Daly	$3223
3848 km or 2391 mi	San Bruno	$3230
3849 km or 2392 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
3849 km or 2392 mi	Millbrae	$3285
3850 km or 2392 mi	Windsor	$2864
3852 km or 2393 mi	Rohnert Park	$2946
3852 km or 2393 mi	San Rafael	$3797
3852 km or 2394 mi	Burlingame	$3317
3853 km or 2394 mi	Petaluma	$3297
3853 km or 2394 mi	Novato	$3094
3854 km or 2395 mi	San Francisco	$4110
3855 km or 2395 mi	Santa Rosa	$2884
3855 km or 2396 mi	San Mateo	$3756
3856 km or 2396 mi	Belmont	$3553
3858 km or 2397 mi	San Carlos	$3382
3859 km or 2398 mi	South Tarawa	$533
3859 km or 2398 mi	Foster	$3634
3859 km or 2398 mi	Redwood	$3890
3860 km or 2398 mi	Monterey	$2858
3860 km or 2399 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
3863 km or 2400 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
3864 km or 2401 mi	Seaside	$1905
3866 km or 2402 mi	Richmond	$3026
3866 km or 2402 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
3867 km or 2403 mi	San Pablo	$3014
3867 km or 2403 mi	Los Altos	$3182

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772