Melbourne vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Melbourne	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2496	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6197	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1388	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2468	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$346	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4328	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	100	96
😀 Quality of life	100	72
🏙️ Population	5.35M	13.3M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 58% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 893rd and 3728th ($2496 vs $1585) 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 1.7 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 3206th 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	$15.4	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.06	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.97	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1549	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1138	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.61%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6465	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.92	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.8	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.9	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.3	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.7	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2232	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26129	$17546

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1822
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1894
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1928
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1860
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1896
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2217
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1604
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1487
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1979
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1815
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1898
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1824
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1753
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2223
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1904
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1821
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2308
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1477
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1699
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2338
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1710
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1867
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2482
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2050
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2379
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1997
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1288
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791