Mesa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mesa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2413	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5513	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1527	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2684	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4154	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	67	96
😀 Quality of life	73	74
🏙️ Population	504K	13.1M

The cost of living in Mesa is 94% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 933rd and 4359th ($2413 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 854th 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Mesa ranked 422nd best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1561st and 1187th 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	$20.1	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.74	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1564	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1217	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2503	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2321	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2947	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3478	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.18	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.22	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.48	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.79	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.21	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.14	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1121	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12523	$12252

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Cities near Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2417
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2423
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2306
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2395
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1979
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2342
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2281
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2525
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2468
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2304
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2328
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2319
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2388
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2073
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2466
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1957
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2077
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2763
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1815
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1926
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1947
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$788
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1852
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2729
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$913

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