Matsuyama vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Matsuyama	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2565	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$412	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$697	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1856	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	52	96
😀 Quality of life	70	73
🏙️ Population	507K	13.3M

The cost of living in Matsuyama is 29% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5428th and 4141st ($1019 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 349th and 1st in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Matsuyama compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Matsuyama ranked 550th best city to live in Japan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 3963rd and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Matsuyama vs Moscow

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	Matsuyama	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.54	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$345	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$277	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$625	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.4	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.72%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3574	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2141	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.58	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.9	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.2	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.16	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.14	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.8	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.86	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.6	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9695	$15272

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Cities near Matsuyama

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Masaki	$951
9.7 km or 6 mi	Tobe	$958
10 km or 6.4 mi	Iyo	$955
11 km or 6.7 mi	Toon	$961
34 km or 21 mi	Imabari	$961
39 km or 25 mi	Saijo	$978
42 km or 26 mi	Ozu	$958
50 km or 31 mi	Kure	$913
50 km or 31 mi	Niihama	$984
52 km or 32 mi	Yawatahama	$952
53 km or 33 mi	Etajima	$904
57 km or 36 mi	Seiyo	$952
58 km or 36 mi	Takehara	$934
58 km or 36 mi	Kumano	$877
63 km or 39 mi	Iwakuni	$986
63 km or 39 mi	Yanai	$972
64 km or 40 mi	Kaita	$859
65 km or 40 mi	Higashihiroshima	$926
67 km or 42 mi	Otake	$957
68 km or 42 mi	Hiroshima	$883
68 km or 42 mi	Susaki	$1007
69 km or 43 mi	Ino	$1025
70 km or 43 mi	Hatsukaichi	$882
70 km or 44 mi	Uwajima	$953
72 km or 44 mi	Tosa	$1024
73 km or 45 mi	Mihara	$939
74 km or 46 mi	Shikokuchuo	$1020
76 km or 47 mi	Onomichi	$954
77 km or 48 mi	Kochi	$1097
77 km or 48 mi	Hikari	$975
85 km or 53 mi	Kudamatsu	$989
86 km or 53 mi	Nankoku	$1050
89 km or 55 mi	Kami	$1060
89 km or 55 mi	Kan'onji	$1024
91 km or 57 mi	Fukuyama	$927
91 km or 57 mi	Konan	$1061
92 km or 57 mi	Shunan	$1005
92 km or 57 mi	Fuchu	$916
93 km or 57 mi	Mitoyo	$1029
93 km or 58 mi	Akitakata	$924

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