Kagoshima vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kagoshima	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$991	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2390	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$425	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$326	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1899	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	47	96
😀 Quality of life	74	72
🏙️ Population	594K	13.3M

The cost of living in Kagoshima is 37% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5728th and 3728th ($991 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 495th and 1st in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kagoshima compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kagoshima ranked 184th best city to live in Japan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2240th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kagoshima vs Moscow

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	Kagoshima	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.1	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.86	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$730	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.5	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.88%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4007	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2131	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.5	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.8	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.6	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$329	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12648	$17546

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Cities near Kagoshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Hioki	$923
16 km or 10 mi	Aira	$924
25 km or 16 mi	Kirishima	$914
27 km or 17 mi	Minamikyushu	$921
30 km or 19 mi	Minamisatsuma	$919
30 km or 19 mi	Ichikikushikino	$916
34 km or 21 mi	Satsumasendai	$919
36 km or 22 mi	Satsuma	$916
37 km or 23 mi	Kanoya	$913
39 km or 24 mi	Ibusuki	$915
44 km or 27 mi	Makurazaki	$911
44 km or 27 mi	Soo	$887
48 km or 30 mi	Shibushi	$893
50 km or 31 mi	Miyakonojo	$887
51 km or 32 mi	Isa	$903
56 km or 35 mi	Mimata	$865
58 km or 36 mi	Izumi	$911
59 km or 37 mi	Kobayashi	$878
71 km or 44 mi	Minamata	$909
71 km or 44 mi	Hitoyoshi	$899
78 km or 48 mi	Nichinan	$856
89 km or 55 mi	Miyazaki	$833
98 km or 61 mi	Saito	$838
102 km or 63 mi	Amakusa	$906
103 km or 64 mi	Yatsushiro	$899
107 km or 67 mi	Takanabe	$845
111 km or 69 mi	Kami-Amakusa	$898
117 km or 73 mi	Uki	$898
121 km or 75 mi	Minamishimabara	$902
122 km or 76 mi	Uto	$899
133 km or 82 mi	Shimabara	$897
134 km or 84 mi	Kumamoto	$957
135 km or 84 mi	Mashiki	$896
136 km or 85 mi	Hyuga	$891
142 km or 88 mi	Unzen	$904
143 km or 89 mi	Kikuyo	$896
145 km or 90 mi	Koshi	$893
146 km or 90 mi	Ozu	$895
147 km or 91 mi	Isahaya	$907
147 km or 91 mi	Nagasaki	$960

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791