Islamabad vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$198	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$1262
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	67	96
😀 Quality of life	49	74
🏙️ Population	1.01M	13M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8895th and 5091st ($439 vs $1075) 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 6293rd and 1280th 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	$1.79	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$11652

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541