Medellin vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$408	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	53	74
🏙️ Population	2.53M	13.1M

The cost of living in Medellin is 27% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6005th and 4359th ($906 vs $1244) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6049th and 1187th 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	$6.13	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$12252

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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