Los Angeles vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Los Angeles	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3196	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7594	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$2049	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$709	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4771	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	99	96
😀 Quality of life	93	74
🏙️ Population	3.9M	13.1M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 157% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 80th and 4359th ($3196 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Los Angeles ranked 7th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 58th and 1187th 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	$21.7	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.51	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2168	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1758	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4056	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3293	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8056	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7115	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.1	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.05	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.25	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.63	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.8	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28838	$12252

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592