Marseille vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Marseille	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1780	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4388	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$786	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1371	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$657	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2662	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	86	72
🏙️ Population	886K	13.3M

The cost of living in Marseille is 12% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2937th and 3728th ($1780 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in France and Russia, respectively. Check France vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Marseille compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Marseille ranked 11th best city to live in France vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 430th and 3206th 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	$18.2	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.1	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.75	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$810	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1474	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5245	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3413	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.13	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.6	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.6	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.97	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$28.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$839	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10658	$17546

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Cities near Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1788
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1824
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1545
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1479
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1542
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1435
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1663
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1968
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1945
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1934
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$7861
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$4626
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1509
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1516
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1331
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1627
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1230
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1556
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1581
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1294
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1390
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1490
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1550
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1375
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1269
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1618
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1741
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1585
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1392
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1619
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1652
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1660
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1367
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1764
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1687
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1342
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1876
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1161
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1609
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1649

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791