Lisbon vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lisbon	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1738	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4010	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1101	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1921	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$405	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1351	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	82	74
🏙️ Population	546K	13M

The cost of living in Lisbon is 62% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2758th and 5091st ($1738 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Lisbon ranked 1st best city to live in Portugal vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 437th and 1280th 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	$13	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.76	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1300	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2473	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1564	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.2	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6911	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3548	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.48	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.72	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.6	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.8	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$595	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16143	$11652

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Cities near Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1694
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1385
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1401
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1460
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1418
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1293
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1332
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1618
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1460
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1453
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1491
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1408
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1534
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1834
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1412
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1357
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1202
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1266
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1348
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1312
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1350
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1323
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1314
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1321
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1301
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1425
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1237
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1256
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1624
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1206
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1351
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1275
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1213
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1249
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1228
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1221
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1235
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1162

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