Mesa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mesa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2293	$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5392	$4001
🏠 One person rent	$1358	$1006
🏘️ Family rent	$2389	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$688	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.1	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4087	$1104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	68	96
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	504K	13.3M

The cost of living in Mesa is 37% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1311th and 3277th ($2293 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1104th 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 Mesa compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Mesa ranked 93rd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 304th and 2774th 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	$20	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$5.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.93	$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1336	$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1077	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2471	$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1979	$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$233	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.1	$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2959	$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3476	$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.1	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.64	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.11	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.98	$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.23	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.1	$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1190	$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15526	$20160

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Cities near Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2378
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2463
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2509
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2367
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2373
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$2988
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2423
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2482
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1974
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2366
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2243
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2365
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2343
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2296
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2346
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2454
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2374
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2318
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2089
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2321
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2312
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2011
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1933
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2070
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2573
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2153
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$771
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1654
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2818
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$2011
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1767
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1865
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1924
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$950
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$876
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1835
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2817
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$994

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749