Maseru vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$219	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	16	81
😀 Quality of life	13	67
🏙️ Population	344K	5.6M

The cost of living in Maseru is 36% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7441st and 5668th ($621 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 months in Saint Petersburg. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 9104th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Saint Petersburg

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	Maseru	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441