Los Angeles vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Los Angeles	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3420	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7800	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$2177	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$3742	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$761	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$263	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4482	$1104
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	99	96
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	3.9M	13.3M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 104% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 62nd and 3277th ($3420 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th 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 1.3 months in Los Angeles compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Los Angeles ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 50th and 2774th 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	$22.4	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$6.66	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2356	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4109	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.2	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8186	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7185	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.5	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.33	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.59	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.99	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.92	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.1	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.5	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1748	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23685	$20160

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749