Manila vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manila	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2308	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$361	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.2	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$526	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	65	74
🏙️ Population	1.85M	13.1M

The cost of living in Manila is 38% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6586th and 4359th ($766 vs $1244) 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 0.7 months in Manila compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Manila ranked 3rd best city to live in the Philippines vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4165th and 1187th 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	$4.69	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.25	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$648	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.8	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.42%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3093	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2849	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.4	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.85	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.14	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.81	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.47	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.22	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.39	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$36	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.8	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13387	$12252

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Cities near Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$770
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$640
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$746
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$706
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$623
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$901
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$732
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$506
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$670
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$780
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$546
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$538
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$621
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$704
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$577
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$589
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$518
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$535
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$676
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$496
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$457
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$575
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$487
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$400
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$539
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$572
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$508
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$515
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$545
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$486
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$610
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$508
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$504
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$427
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$613
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$398
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$464
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$585
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$508
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$372

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