Memphis vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Memphis	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1842	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4402	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1073	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1650	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$554	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.2	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3551	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	67	96
😀 Quality of life	87	74
🏙️ Population	633K	13M

The cost of living in Memphis is 71% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2338th and 5091st ($1842 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1841st and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Memphis compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Memphis ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 247th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Memphis vs Moscow

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	Memphis	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.57	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$950	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$858	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.5	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1379	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1357	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.6	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.33	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.31	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$130	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.3	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1428	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27502	$11652

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Cities near Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2358
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2122
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$2055
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2065
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2064
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2262
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2089
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$2030
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1736
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1839
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1687
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1883
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1774
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1849
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1656
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1781
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1806
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1615
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1798
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1836
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1323
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1985
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1756
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1802
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1516
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1795
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1983
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1586
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1708
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2028
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1926
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1854
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$1607
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1543
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1325
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2670

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541