Kuala Lumpur vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kuala Lumpur	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2135	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$450	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$787	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$295	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	76	74
🏙️ Population	1.98M	13M

The cost of living in Kuala Lumpur is 17% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6160th and 5091st ($892 vs $1075) 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 1.6 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 883rd and 1280th 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	$4.35	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1006	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.4	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.7	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1425	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.4	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.79	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.05	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.31	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.47	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.89	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.8	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9485	$11652

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Cities near Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$687
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$571
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$729
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$699
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$752
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$585
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$670
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$518
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$759
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$745
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$579
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$671
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$669
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$709
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3168
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2852
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$519
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$604
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$503
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$523
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$549
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$563
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$594
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$490
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$742

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541