Manila vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manila	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$790	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1963	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$379	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$386	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	74	96
😀 Quality of life	65	73
🏙️ Population	1.85M	13.3M

The cost of living in Manila is 45% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6703rd and 4141st ($790 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in the Philippines and Russia, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Manila compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Manila ranked 3rd best city to live in the Philippines vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5220th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manila vs Moscow

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	Manila	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.27	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.7	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$815	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.3	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.5	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3756	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2382	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.04	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.74	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.44	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$139	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16980	$15272

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Cities near Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$785
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$568
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$742
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$717
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$674
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$1009
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$657
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$432
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$642
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$807
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$555
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$540
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$651
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$760
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$561
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$628
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$536
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$570
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$692
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$511
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$519
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$617
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$525
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$414
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$613
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$630
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$575
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$542
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$616
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$489
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$535
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$531
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$477
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$624
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$425
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$471
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$598
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$532
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$448

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