Los Angeles vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Los Angeles	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3187	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7653	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$2045	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$714	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5275	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	99	96
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	3.9M	13M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 197% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 72nd and 5091st ($3187 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 59th 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 1.7 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Los Angeles ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 47th and 1280th 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	$21.6	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.95	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2261	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1732	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3983	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3315	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.8	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7592	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7011	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.22	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.29	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.89	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$174	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.2	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1998	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28613	$11652

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2652
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2748
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2883
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2849
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2604
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2984
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2738
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2675
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2612
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3553
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2831
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2633
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2733
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2844
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3327
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3271
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2354
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2709
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3009
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2776
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2714
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2572
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2866
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2715
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3054
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2717
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2552
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2569
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2673
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2754

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541