Kansas vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kansas	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2158	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5242	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1205	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$2098	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$679	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3890	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	87	72
🏙️ Population	508K	13.3M

The cost of living in Kansas is 29% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1591st and 3277th ($2158 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1295th 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 1.8 months in Kansas compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Kansas ranked 114th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 359th and 2774th 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	$24.8	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.07	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$6	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.11	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1263	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$948	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2320	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1715	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.9	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2610	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1928	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.08	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.4	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.18	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.96	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.07	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$152	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1149	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21608	$20160

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Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2357
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2220
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2080
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2349
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2499
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1864
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2307
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2372
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1944
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2273
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2093
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1680
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1846
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2327
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$2018
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2173
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2134
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1832
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$1977
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1574
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1910
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1357
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1790
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1917
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1730
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1908
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1606
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1824
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1273
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1537
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$1883
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1597
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1643
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1750
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1875
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2008
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1833
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1939
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1859

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749