Memphis vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Memphis	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4406	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1052	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1518	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$564	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3391	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	87	72
🏙️ Population	633K	13.3M

The cost of living in Memphis is 17% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2663rd and 3728th ($1851 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1875th 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 1.8 months in Memphis compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Memphis ranked 112th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 362nd and 3206th 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	$15.2	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.83	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$841	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1430	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1222	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.6	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1671	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1396	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.3	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.8	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.3	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.8	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.3	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1700	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27314	$17546

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Cities near Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2378
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2129
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$1881
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$1953
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2030
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2266
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2122
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$1997
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1752
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1867
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1745
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1605
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1829
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1667
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1631
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1836
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1915
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1545
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1885
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1980
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1425
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1962
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1951
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1817
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1763
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1747
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1992
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1703
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1703
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2023
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1852
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1718
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2085
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1421
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1405
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2822

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