Mesa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mesa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2417	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5513	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1519	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2603	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$660	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4167	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	67	96
😀 Quality of life	75	73
🏙️ Population	504K	13.3M

The cost of living in Mesa is 68% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 998th and 4141st ($2417 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 876th 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 578th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1816th and 2664th 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	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.91	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1553	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1210	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2487	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82.9	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2964	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.21	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.29	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.95	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.2	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.2	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1207	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15463	$15272

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Cities near Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2447
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2448
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2349
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2340
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2344
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2320
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2523
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2481
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2322
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2353
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2466
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2365
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2084
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2348
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1940
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2095
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$727
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2757
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1760
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1883
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1911
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$881
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1855
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2751
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$945

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772