Makassar vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Makassar	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$525	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1236	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$245	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$28.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$236	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	45	96
😀 Quality of life	57	74
🏙️ Population	1.34M	13.1M

The cost of living in Makassar is 58% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8440th and 4359th ($525 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Makassar compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Makassar ranked 6th best city to live in Indonesia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5631st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Makassar vs Moscow

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	Makassar	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.05	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.25	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.04	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.69	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$288	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.1	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.97%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1536	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.58	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.4	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.95	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.93	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.08	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.73	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$105	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$12252

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Cities near Makassar

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Parepare	$508
253 km or 157 mi	Palopo	$522
358 km or 223 mi	Baubau	$506
376 km or 233 mi	Kendari	$512
379 km or 235 mi	Bima	$597
474 km or 294 mi	Palu	$553
523 km or 325 mi	Balikpapan	$606
529 km or 329 mi	Mataram	$355
549 km or 341 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
572 km or 355 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
573 km or 356 mi	Samarinda	$580
592 km or 368 mi	Ubud	$845
607 km or 377 mi	Denpasar	$497
614 km or 382 mi	Bali	$1267
623 km or 387 mi	Bontang	$553
691 km or 429 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
723 km or 450 mi	Kupang	$509
744 km or 462 mi	Probolinggo	$614
750 km or 466 mi	Gorontalo	$441
771 km or 479 mi	Maliana	$503
771 km or 479 mi	Pasuruan	$510
774 km or 481 mi	Surabaya	$549
779 km or 484 mi	Dili	$511
796 km or 495 mi	Ainaro	$501
814 km or 506 mi	Mojokerto	$505
814 km or 506 mi	Malang	$365
820 km or 509 mi	Batu	$410
861 km or 535 mi	Baucau	$502
867 km or 539 mi	Blitar	$453
870 km or 541 mi	Kediri	$464
915 km or 569 mi	Madiun	$486
952 km or 592 mi	Manado	$439
958 km or 595 mi	Tarakan	$527
974 km or 605 mi	Bitung	$442
984 km or 611 mi	Ambon	$507
988 km or 614 mi	Surakarta	$417
1015 km or 631 mi	Salatiga	$421
1015 km or 631 mi	Semarang	$493
1043 km or 648 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
1062 km or 660 mi	Tawau	$544

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