London vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	London	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3427	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8384	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$2251	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$4328	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$393	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4627	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	99	74
🏙️ Population	8.8M	13M

The cost of living in London is 219% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 37th and 5091st ($3427 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in London compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 2nd and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in London vs Moscow

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	London	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.7	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2586	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1894	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5526	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3635	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$275	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.35%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17558	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10692	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.73	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.1	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.92	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$99	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2404	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25830	$11652

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3054
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2446
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2368
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2624
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2353
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2322
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2372
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2268
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2248
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2381
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2255
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2245
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2491
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2184
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2173
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2202
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2589
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2328
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2106
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2363
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2179
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2228
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2630
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2157
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2020
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2451
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2159
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2040
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2310
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1963
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2033
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2202
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2152
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2053
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2033
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2041
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2028
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2477
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2055

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