Maseru vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$219	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	16	96
😀 Quality of life	13	74
🏙️ Population	344K	13.1M

The cost of living in Maseru is 50% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7441st and 4359th ($621 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lesotho and Russia, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 9104th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Moscow

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	Maseru	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$12252

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 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