London vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	London	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3321	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7723	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$2218	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$3918	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$349	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4098	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	98	73
🏙️ Population	8.91M	12.5M

The cost of living in London is 225% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 38th and 5167th ($3321 vs $1021) 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 1.2 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 5th and 1608th 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	$19.7	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.7	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.25	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2493	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1838	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4599	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3306	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.62%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16999	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9363	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.94	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.6	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.81	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.31	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.1	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.3	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.8	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2256	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25471	$10868

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3004
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2364
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2291
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2538
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2202
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2234
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2282
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2165
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2157
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2228
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2120
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2119
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2104
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2036
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2117
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2504
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$1981
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2152
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2050
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2345
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2067
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2599
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2173
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2043
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2001
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2155
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1974
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2051
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2076
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$1993
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1875
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$1976
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1920
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$1972
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2406
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$1908

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