Indianapolis vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	888K	13.1M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 76% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1378th and 4359th ($2189 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 191st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Moscow

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	Indianapolis	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$12252

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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