Milwaukee vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milwaukee	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1179	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1923	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$577	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3707	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	82	96
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	577K	13.3M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 42% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1864th and 4141st ($2046 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1525th 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 55th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 195th and 2664th 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	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1315	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1953	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.09	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.55	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23971	$15272

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1915
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1973
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1915
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1915
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1904
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$1973
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1943
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1948
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1966
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1964
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1973
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2032
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1941
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2030
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2089
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1957
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1826
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2355
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2368
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2375
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2340
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1763
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2368
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2394
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2434
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2119
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1849
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2220
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2373
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2528
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2392
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2412
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2508
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2426
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2399

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