Milwaukee vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Milwaukee	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2078	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5083	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1194	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3809	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	81	96
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	577K	13.3M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 31% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1833rd and 3728th ($2078 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1456th 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 Milwaukee compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Milwaukee ranked 70th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 260th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Moscow

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	Milwaukee	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$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	$908	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2353	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1538	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1645	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.7	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.58	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.6	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$166	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.1	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1835	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24369	$17546

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1962
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1986
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1965
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1924
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1963
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2040
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1997
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1997
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2028
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1966
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1812
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2037
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2079
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2070
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1971
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2034
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2092
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1990
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1814
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2365
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2379
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2435
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2354
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1746
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2403
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2437
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2410
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2131
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1844
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2229
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2402
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1784
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2504
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2398
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2371
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2519
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2434
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2415

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