Mesa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mesa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2298	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5364	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1380	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2408	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$677	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$86	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3995	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	68	96
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	504K	13.3M

The cost of living in Mesa is 45% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1283rd and 3728th ($2298 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1085th 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 1.7 months in Mesa compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Mesa ranked 29th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 142nd and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mesa vs Moscow

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	Mesa	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$6.19	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1421	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1074	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2515	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1978	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$240	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2933	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3509	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.6	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.25	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.33	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.22	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1191	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15548	$17546

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Cities near Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2381
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2435
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2471
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2396
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2357
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1961
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2345
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2227
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2359
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2338
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2312
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2353
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2444
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2324
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2089
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2316
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2317
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1930
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2110
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$776
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2798
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$1993
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1764
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1842
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1919
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$978
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$890
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1838
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2777
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$1004

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