Jerusalem vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jerusalem	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5689	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2480	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$674	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	78	96
😀 Quality of life	87	73
🏙️ Population	936K	13.3M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 70% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 950th and 4141st ($2447 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Israel and Russia, respectively. Check Israel vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 351st and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jerusalem vs Moscow

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	Jerusalem	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18.4	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.82	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1189	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2738	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2087	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14293	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9538	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.26	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.57	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.38	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.8	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23696	$15272

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Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772