London vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	London	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3851	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8597	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$2689	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$4575	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	99	73
🏙️ Population	8.8M	13.3M

The cost of living in London is 168% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8th and 4141st ($3851 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.1 months in London compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5th and 2664th 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	$22.2	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.11	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3237	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2291	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4710	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4163	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$21687	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11040	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.04	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.5	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.31	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.76	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.97	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.6	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2511	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27583	$15272

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2960
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2512
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2449
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2514
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2435
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2367
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2352
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2337
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2633
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2374
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2456
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2200
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2197
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2273
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2655
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2091
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2515
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2224
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2205
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2785
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2164
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2559
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2275
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2223
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2469
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1780
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2118
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2122
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2132
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2160
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2419
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2000
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2245
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2416
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2165

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