London vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: November 06, 2023

	London	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3072	$934
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7154	$2378
🏠 One person rent	$1988	$509
🏘️ Family rent	$3432	$1000
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$361	$88.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4237	$1130
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	95
😀 Quality of life	98	74
🏙️ Population	8.91M	12.5M

The cost of living in London is 229% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 97th and 5667th ($3072 vs $934) 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 3rd and 1369th 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	$18.5	$6.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.67	$3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.4	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2213	$644
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1668	$390
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4502	$1381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2780	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$62
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$268	$91.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$5.76
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	10.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17196	$5357
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9818	$2792
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.72	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$104	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.5	$5.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.76	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$3.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$0.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.9	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.58	$5.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.78	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$5.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$25
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2118	$443
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26005	$9193

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2328
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2049
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2012
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2103
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$1986
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$1975
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$1976
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$1959
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$1962
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2210
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2009
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$1989
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2094
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$1923
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$1853
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$1815
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2443
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$1716
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2038
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$1907
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2178
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$1873
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$1844
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$1836
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$1876
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2024
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2140
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2000
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$1894
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$1869
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1809
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$1915
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$1814
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1755
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$1772
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1947
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$1758
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2872
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2105

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$682
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$726
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$609
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$621
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$646
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$569
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$517
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$604
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$567
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$507
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$549
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$518
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$500
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$526
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$501
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$448
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$550
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$482
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$403
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$421
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$479
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$426
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$495
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$460
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$445
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$463
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$413
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$433
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$376
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$677
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$448
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$428
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$527
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$465
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$408
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$450
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$443
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$416
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$457