Melbourne vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Melbourne	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5590	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1286	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2187	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4060	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	100	73
🏙️ Population	5.35M	13.3M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 60% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1249th and 4141st ($2308 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and Russia, respectively. Check Australia vs Russia comparison.

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

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Prices in Melbourne vs Moscow

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	Melbourne	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.74	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1462	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2675	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1808	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.5	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5978	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.9	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$72	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1948	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22799	$15272

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988

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