Medellin vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Medellin	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1162	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2810	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$579	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$997	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$535	$1104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	65	96
😀 Quality of life	64	72
🏙️ Population	2.53M	13.3M

The cost of living in Medellin is 31% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4852nd and 3277th ($1162 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Colombia and Russia, respectively. Check Colombia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5346th and 2774th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Moscow

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	Medellin	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.47	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$446	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1244	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.4	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.3	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.36%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2880	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.03	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.3	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.57	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.38	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.8	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$533	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8196	$20160

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$1041
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$1012
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$737
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$862
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$769
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$749
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$749
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$537
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$816
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$858
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$559
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$958
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$1106
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$563
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$680
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$733
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$1045
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$795
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$630
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$856
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$788
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$593
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$850
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$765
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$586
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$727
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$740
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$606
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$674
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$678
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$678
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$685
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$678
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$631
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$687

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749