Milwaukee vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	82	96
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	577K	13.1M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 65% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1702nd and 4359th ($2054 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th 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 Milwaukee compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 240th and 1187th 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	$13.3	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$12252

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

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