Maputo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Maputo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$915	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2130	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$428	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$677	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	29	96
😀 Quality of life	42	73
🏙️ Population	1.13M	13.3M

The cost of living in Maputo is 36% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6137th and 4141st ($915 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mozambique and Russia, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Maputo compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7527th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Moscow

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	Maputo	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.36	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$448	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.6	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.12%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2063	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.65	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.89	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5749	$15272

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$908
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$469
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$599
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$827
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$830
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$838
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$740
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$826
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$892
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$975
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$984
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$890
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$892
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$706
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$984
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$875
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$940
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$808
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$762
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$650
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$577
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$514
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$873
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$598
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$637
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$536
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$996
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$901
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$607

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