Mbabane vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mbabane	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$558	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1413	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$254	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$487	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.1	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$681	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	16	96
😀 Quality of life	42	73
🏙️ Population	94.9K	12.5M

The cost of living in Mbabane is 45% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8054th and 5167th ($558 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eswatini and Russia, respectively. Check Eswatini vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Mbabane compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Mbabane ranked 1st best city to live in Eswatini vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6934th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mbabane vs Moscow

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	Mbabane	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.85	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.14	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$189	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$151	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$467	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.7	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.98%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$311	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$235	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.3	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.7	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.58	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.81	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.25	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.11	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.1	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.4	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.65	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$116	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4606	$10868

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Cities near Mbabane

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Manzini	$447
136 km or 85 mi	Matola	$978
148 km or 92 mi	Maputo	$1084
165 km or 103 mi	Vryheid	$739
171 km or 106 mi	Bethal	$746
179 km or 111 mi	Middelburg	$866
271 km or 168 mi	Springs	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Benoni	$741
287 km or 178 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
301 km or 187 mi	Centurion	$755
304 km or 189 mi	Pretoria	$783
311 km or 193 mi	Sandton	$889
311 km or 193 mi	Johannesburg	$908
316 km or 196 mi	Randburg	$776
324 km or 201 mi	Vereeniging	$637
329 km or 204 mi	Soweto	$875
334 km or 207 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Brits	$751
370 km or 230 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
394 km or 245 mi	Durban	$780
398 km or 247 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
399 km or 248 mi	Rustenburg	$845
406 km or 252 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
416 km or 259 mi	Kroonstad	$701
451 km or 280 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
461 km or 287 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
477 km or 296 mi	Welkom	$682
491 km or 305 mi	Maseru	$535
546 km or 339 mi	Mafeteng	$511
555 km or 345 mi	Mmabatho	$719
559 km or 347 mi	Gaborone	$656
564 km or 350 mi	Lobatse	$631
566 km or 352 mi	Mahalapye	$605
576 km or 358 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
585 km or 363 mi	Palapye	$511
601 km or 374 mi	Kanye	$633
608 km or 378 mi	Molepolole	$603
628 km or 390 mi	Serowe	$554
628 km or 390 mi	Mthatha	$689
682 km or 424 mi	Francistown	$550

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517