Lisbon vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lisbon	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1889	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4274	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.9	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1510	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	84	73
🏙️ Population	546K	13.3M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 31% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2357th and 4141st ($1889 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Portugal and Russia, respectively. Check Portugal vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lisbon compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Lisbon ranked 2nd best city to live in Portugal vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 479th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lisbon vs Moscow

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	Lisbon	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.9	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.25	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1010	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2516	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7218	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4683	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.33	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.2	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.37	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.57	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.84	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.31	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.64	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$624	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17217	$15272

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1701
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1481
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1522
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1505
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1463
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1352
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1394
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1756
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1533
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1509
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1663
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1486
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1525
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1577
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1656
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1216
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1329
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1390
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1379
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1589
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1383
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1370
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1385
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1357
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1498
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1305
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1316
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1681
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1289
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1410
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1333
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1221
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1304
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1350
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1214
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1297
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1006
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1231

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