Los Angeles vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Los Angeles	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3378	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7707	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$2168	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$3725	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$743	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$257	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1020
😷 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 113% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 72nd and 3728th ($3378 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 52nd 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Los Angeles ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 55th and 3206th 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	$21.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.85	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2352	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1867	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4129	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$214	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.8	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.86%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7811	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7110	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.27	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.67	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.45	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.2	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.45	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$144	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.2	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1715	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28004	$17546

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2850
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2749
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2976
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2993
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2810
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3159
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3086
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2769
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2820
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3695
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3020
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2912
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2835
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2850
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3020
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3768
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3328
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2698
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2880
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3157
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2894
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2842
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2770
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3051
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2847
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3193
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3019
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2702
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2688
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3588
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2815
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2974

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791