Makassar vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Makassar	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1206	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$245	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.2	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$232	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	45	96
😀 Quality of life	49	73
🏙️ Population	1.34M	13.3M

The cost of living in Makassar is 64% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8505th and 4141st ($523 vs $1438) 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Makassar ranked 16th best city to live in Indonesia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6737th and 2664th 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	$2.84	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.7	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.32	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.27	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$434	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.3	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1522	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$597	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.5	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.13	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.67	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.5	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.94	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.92	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.71	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.69	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.8	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.4	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$103	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4103	$15272

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Cities near Makassar

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Parepare	$502
253 km or 157 mi	Palopo	$519
358 km or 223 mi	Baubau	$499
376 km or 233 mi	Kendari	$507
379 km or 235 mi	Bima	$588
474 km or 294 mi	Palu	$549
523 km or 325 mi	Balikpapan	$598
529 km or 329 mi	Mataram	$402
549 km or 341 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
572 km or 355 mi	Banjarmasin	$459
573 km or 356 mi	Samarinda	$568
592 km or 368 mi	Ubud	$834
607 km or 377 mi	Denpasar	$489
614 km or 382 mi	Bali	$1134
623 km or 387 mi	Bontang	$547
691 km or 429 mi	Palangka Raya	$470
723 km or 450 mi	Kupang	$531
744 km or 462 mi	Probolinggo	$470
750 km or 466 mi	Gorontalo	$445
771 km or 479 mi	Maliana	$512
771 km or 479 mi	Pasuruan	$457
774 km or 481 mi	Surabaya	$551
779 km or 484 mi	Dili	$520
796 km or 495 mi	Ainaro	$513
814 km or 506 mi	Mojokerto	$413
814 km or 506 mi	Malang	$384
820 km or 509 mi	Batu	$409
861 km or 535 mi	Baucau	$513
867 km or 539 mi	Blitar	$440
870 km or 541 mi	Kediri	$447
915 km or 569 mi	Madiun	$456
952 km or 592 mi	Manado	$445
958 km or 595 mi	Tarakan	$524
974 km or 605 mi	Bitung	$447
984 km or 611 mi	Ambon	$502
988 km or 614 mi	Surakarta	$409
1015 km or 631 mi	Salatiga	$422
1015 km or 631 mi	Semarang	$488
1043 km or 648 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
1062 km or 660 mi	Tawau	$578

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772