Marseille vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Marseille	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1571	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$718	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1250	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2090	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	84	74
🏙️ Population	877K	13.1M

The cost of living in Marseille is 26% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3148th and 4359th ($1571 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 1st in France and Russia, respectively. Check France vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Marseille compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Marseille ranked 9th best city to live in France vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 400th and 1187th 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	$15.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$725	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$559	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1224	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1036	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.2	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5047	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3002	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.6	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.66	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.4	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9082	$12252

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Cities near Marseille

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
44 km or 27 mi	Miramas	$1496
49 km or 30 mi	Toulon	$1308
68 km or 42 mi	Manosque	$1338
86 km or 53 mi	Avignon	$1338
102 km or 63 mi	Nimes	$1231
126 km or 78 mi	Montpellier	$1472
136 km or 84 mi	Cannes	$1707
144 km or 90 mi	Antibes	$1650
159 km or 99 mi	Nice	$1673
172 km or 107 mi	Monaco City	$6593
172 km or 107 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
175 km or 109 mi	Beziers	$1233
179 km or 111 mi	Menton	$1364
186 km or 116 mi	Valence	$1182
188 km or 117 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
193 km or 120 mi	Narbonne	$1093
202 km or 125 mi	Sanremo	$1362
212 km or 132 mi	Grenoble	$1434
212 km or 132 mi	Cuneo	$1074
213 km or 132 mi	Perpignan	$1197
224 km or 139 mi	Imperia	$1344
229 km or 142 mi	Figueres	$1338
230 km or 143 mi	Mondovi	$1203
250 km or 155 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
253 km or 157 mi	Rodez	$1361
255 km or 159 mi	Girona	$1539
255 km or 159 mi	Castres	$1391
256 km or 159 mi	Chambery	$1310
269 km or 167 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
270 km or 168 mi	Turin	$1424
273 km or 170 mi	Savona	$1512
274 km or 170 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
277 km or 172 mi	Lyon	$1570
277 km or 172 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
288 km or 179 mi	Asti	$1209
295 km or 184 mi	Annecy	$1522
297 km or 185 mi	Vic	$1076
310 km or 192 mi	Mataro	$1428
311 km or 193 mi	Genoa	$1470

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