Kansas vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kansas	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2110	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5277	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1160	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2028	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$696	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.6	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3972	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	88	73
🏙️ Population	508K	13.3M

The cost of living in Kansas is 47% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1700th and 4141st ($2110 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1417th 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 1.9 months in Kansas compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kansas ranked 95th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 299th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kansas vs Moscow

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	Kansas	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.55	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.29	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1123	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$947	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2072	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1715	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1986	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.05	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.49	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.51	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.98	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1380	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28880	$15272

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Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2293
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2237
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2019
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2266
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2390
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2311
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1902
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2248
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2052
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1647
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1841
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2261
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1943
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2160
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2120
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1912
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1574
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1893
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1368
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1761
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1909
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1638
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1875
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1830
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1848
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1280
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1522
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$1963
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1535
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1614
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1729
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1816
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2106
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1852
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1899
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1855

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