Kuala Lumpur vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuala Lumpur	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$810	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1984	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$393	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.8	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1392	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	77	74
🏙️ Population	1.98M	13.1M

The cost of living in Kuala Lumpur is 35% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6403rd and 4359th ($810 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malaysia and Russia, respectively. Check Malaysia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Kuala Lumpur compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st best city to live in Malaysia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 811th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuala Lumpur vs Moscow

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	Kuala Lumpur	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.3	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1427	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.32	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.45	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.82	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.9	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8723	$12252

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Cities near Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$645
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$532
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$670
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$604
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$669
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$682
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$543
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$628
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$529
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$695
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$679
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$565
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$620
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3059
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$481
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$539
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$470
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$490
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$536
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$560
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$461
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$570
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$719

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