Houston vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	91	74
🏙️ Population	2.3M	13.1M

The cost of living in Houston is 82% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1229th and 4359th ($2265 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th 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 Houston compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 97th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Moscow

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	Houston	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$12252

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

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