Maputo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$531	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	29	96
😀 Quality of life	41	74
🏙️ Population	1.13M	13.1M

The cost of living in Maputo is 14% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5045th and 4359th ($1068 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Mozambique and Russia, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6875th and 1187th 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	$9.78	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$12252

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

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