Kansas vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kansas	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5385	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2164	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4006	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	64	96
😀 Quality of life	86	74
🏙️ Population	508K	13.1M

The cost of living in Kansas is 71% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1532nd and 4359th ($2121 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1366th 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Kansas ranked 85th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 320th and 1187th 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	$18.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2362	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1791	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2153	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1909	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.04	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.56	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.14	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$146	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1376	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28999	$12252

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Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2196
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2039
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2325
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2437
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1825
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2259
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2322
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1992
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2219
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2063
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1922
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2290
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1979
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2124
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1720
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1649
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1912
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1337
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1777
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1549
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1993
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1801
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1896
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1534
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1689
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$2014
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1569
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1698
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1730
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2068
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1750
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1846

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