Los Angeles vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Los Angeles	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7625	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$2019	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$3688	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$715	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$236	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6398	$1208
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	99	96
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	3.9M	12.5M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 210% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 72nd and 5167th ($3165 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 60th 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 2 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Los Angeles ranked 5th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 34th and 1608th 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	$22.5	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.42	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2215	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1717	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4161	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3237	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.7%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7697	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6904	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.3	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.72	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.95	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$140	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.1	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2020	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31623	$10868

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862

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