Memphis vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Memphis	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1874	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4389	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1092	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$565	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3516	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	67	96
😀 Quality of life	87	74
🏙️ Population	633K	13.1M

The cost of living in Memphis is 51% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2179th and 4359th ($1874 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1817th 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 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 279th and 1187th 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	$16.6	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.47	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$976	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1292	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1489	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.6	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.63	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$131	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27369	$12252

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Cities near Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2134
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$2062
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2070
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1865
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2077
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2268
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2117
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$2009
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1781
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1874
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1717
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1946
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1831
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1882
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1645
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1830
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1930
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1617
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1856
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1999
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1350
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1989
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1828
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1774
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1806
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1943
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1649
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1728
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2031
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1839
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1772
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2075
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1438
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1322
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2738

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