Kuala Lumpur vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kuala Lumpur	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$866	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$415	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$706	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$295	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$74	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1175	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	78	73
🏙️ Population	1.98M	13.3M

The cost of living in Kuala Lumpur is 40% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6384th and 4141st ($866 vs $1438) 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 1.4 months in Kuala Lumpur compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st best city to live in Malaysia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 985th and 2664th 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	$4.41	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.77	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$927	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$550	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.1	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3056	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1519	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.7	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.83	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.47	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.5	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.73	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.76	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.29	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.7	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.79	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.58	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$267	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9002	$15272

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Cities near Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$681
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$584
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$704
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$643
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$689
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$771
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$519
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$657
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$552
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$552
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$771
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$598
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$701
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$754
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3201
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2909
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$466
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$542
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$460
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$509
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$570
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$592
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$449
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$592
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$756

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