Los Angeles vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Los Angeles	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3361	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7751	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$2151	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$3720	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$750	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$245	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4549	$881
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	99	96
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	3.9M	13.3M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 134% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 65th and 4141st ($3361 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Los Angeles compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Los Angeles ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 74th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Los Angeles vs Moscow

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	Los Angeles	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.27	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$6.49	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2364	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1847	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4128	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.6	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7753	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6833	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.9	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.62	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.04	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.97	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.09	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.34	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.9	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$168	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.8	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$62	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1849	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26874	$15272

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2786
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2780
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2722
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2940
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2952
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2764
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3132
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3036
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3656
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2947
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2917
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2807
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2822
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3706
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3288
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2856
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3119
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2855
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2794
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2731
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3004
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2810
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3122
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3008
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2725
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2682
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3595
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2788
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2927

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