Leipzig vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Leipzig	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1371	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$641	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1212	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$462	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2399	$1208
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	625K	12.5M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 34% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3960th and 5167th ($1371 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 531st 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 17th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 106th and 1608th 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	$11.1	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$630	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1202	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$909	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5428	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.32	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.1	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.9	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.38	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.5	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.4	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10639	$10868

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1269
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1267
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1263
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1242
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1270
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1260
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1253
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1262
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1271
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1249
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1214
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1230
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1096
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1255
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1269
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1069
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1193
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$961
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1216
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1135
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1252
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1260
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1296
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1250
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1099
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1165
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1248
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1278
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1329
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204

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