Maracaibo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maracaibo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1984	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$149	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$275	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$356	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$130	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	31	96
😀 Quality of life	33	74
🏙️ Population	1.55M	13.1M

The cost of living in Maracaibo is 43% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6827th and 4359th ($713 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 50th and 1st in Venezuela and Russia, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Maracaibo compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Maracaibo ranked 3rd best city to live in Venezuela vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7775th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maracaibo vs Moscow

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	Maracaibo	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.95	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.9	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$336	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$208	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.8%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1463	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.8	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.02	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.05	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$113	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14094	$12252

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Cities near Maracaibo

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Cabimas	$700
60 km or 38 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$667
106 km or 66 mi	Maicao	$665
120 km or 75 mi	Machiques	$651
172 km or 107 mi	Riohacha	$661
178 km or 110 mi	Carora	$681
179 km or 111 mi	Valledupar	$565
184 km or 114 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$654
185 km or 115 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$653
193 km or 120 mi	Trujillo	$685
199 km or 124 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
211 km or 131 mi	Valera	$703
223 km or 138 mi	El Tocuyo	$693
229 km or 142 mi	Coro	$555
234 km or 146 mi	Merida	$667
238 km or 148 mi	Quibor	$682
258 km or 160 mi	Barquisimeto	$722
268 km or 166 mi	Cabudare	$666
271 km or 169 mi	Barinas	$800
272 km or 169 mi	Guanare	$712
272 km or 169 mi	Oranjestad	$1580
277 km or 172 mi	Minca	$759
281 km or 174 mi	La Grita	$618
281 km or 175 mi	Yaritagua	$685
281 km or 175 mi	Socopo	$668
288 km or 179 mi	Santa Marta	$837
288 km or 179 mi	Cienaga	$742
290 km or 180 mi	Araure	$723
292 km or 181 mi	Acarigua	$723
317 km or 197 mi	San Felipe	$739
318 km or 197 mi	Cucuta	$562
320 km or 199 mi	Tariba	$598
325 km or 202 mi	San Cristobal	$592
326 km or 202 mi	Ocana	$650
326 km or 202 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
335 km or 208 mi	Barber	$1444
336 km or 208 mi	Rubio	$599
337 km or 210 mi	Willemstad	$1460
346 km or 215 mi	Soledad	$741
347 km or 216 mi	Barranquilla	$773

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