Islamabad vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$199	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	69	96
😀 Quality of life	49	74
🏙️ Population	1.01M	13.1M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 64% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8870th and 4359th ($442 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6313th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Moscow

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	Islamabad	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$12252

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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