Marseille vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Marseille	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1733	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$756	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1311	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$196	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2408	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	87	73
🏙️ Population	877K	13.3M

The cost of living in Marseille is 20% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2991st and 4141st ($1733 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 1st in France and Russia, respectively. Check France vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Marseille compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Marseille ranked 8th best city to live in France vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 374th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Marseille vs Moscow

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	Marseille	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.29	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1046	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.9%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5072	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3564	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.4	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$27.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10222	$15272

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Cities near Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1700
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1761
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1478
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1438
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1340
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1593
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1915
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1867
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1884
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$9122
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1501
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1488
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1300
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1216
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1504
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1525
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1257
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1374
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1473
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1490
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1336
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1239
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1594
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1580
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1555
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1406
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1582
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1642
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1322
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1693
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1638
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1268
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1727
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1192
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1575
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1620

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