La Paz vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	La Paz	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$705	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1719	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$271	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$433	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	33	96
😀 Quality of life	51	73
🏙️ Population	2.87M	12.5M

The cost of living in La Paz is 31% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6771st and 5167th ($705 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Bolivia and Russia, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6225th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Moscow

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	La Paz	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.84	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$195	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$492	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$317	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.9	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.9%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1243	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$865	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.7	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.23	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.48	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.8	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$159	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4111	$10868

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$662
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$475
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$525
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$511
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$525
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$390
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$562
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$775
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$455
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$525
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$562
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$825
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$674
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$746
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$583
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$628
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$689
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$739
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$761
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$491
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$565
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$962
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$547
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$626
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$631
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$524
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$540
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$534
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$634
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$593
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$520
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$633
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$538
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$668
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$932
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$778
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$634

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517