Leipzig vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$764	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	620K	13.1M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 22% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3353rd and 4359th ($1516 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 87th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Moscow

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	Leipzig	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$12252

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

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