London vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	London	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3296	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7841	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$2211	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$4100	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$375	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4153	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	99	74
🏙️ Population	8.8M	13.1M

The cost of living in London is 165% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 58th and 4359th ($3296 vs $1244) 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 1.3 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 4th and 1187th 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	$21.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.67	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.03	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2704	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1831	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5123	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3478	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.06%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$20412	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10524	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.62	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.87	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.29	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.7	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2250	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26090	$12252

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2868
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2332
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2273
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2414
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2209
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2207
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2214
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2185
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2470
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2136
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2217
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2261
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2076
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2112
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2433
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2199
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2035
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2122
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2429
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2052
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2048
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2623
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2052
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1924
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2422
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2092
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$1987
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2248
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1973
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2063
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2089
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2062
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1885
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2263
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1948
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2135
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2344
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2009

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592