Indianapolis vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Indianapolis	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2129	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5041	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1916	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4818	$1208
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	89	73
🏙️ Population	888K	12.5M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 109% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1474th and 5167th ($2129 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1308th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Indianapolis ranked 27th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 146th and 1608th 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	$20.3	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.3	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1305	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$966	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2169	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1492	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.8	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1547	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.9	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.77	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.21	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.2	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.73	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.08	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$108	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.5	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1858	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27248	$10868

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2019
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2034
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2032
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2002
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1988
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1973
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1992
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1906
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1950
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1795
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1896
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2212
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1775
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1596
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1944
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1850
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2127
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1846
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1465
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1840
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1732
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1913
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1889
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1486
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1826
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1803
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$1938
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1844
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1659
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$1907
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1709
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1721
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1919
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1844
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1904
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1857
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1798

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517