Monaco City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Monaco City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$9122	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9989	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$8093	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$6133	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$773	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.2	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8147	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	21	96
😀 Quality of life	80	73
🏙️ Population	38.4K	13.3M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 534% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1st and 4141st ($9122 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Monaco and Russia, respectively. Check Monaco vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Monaco City compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 738th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Moscow

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	Monaco City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.3	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.8	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.88	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$8855	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7565	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6858	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5483	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$81879	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$73679	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.15	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.42	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.24	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.13	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.58	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.11	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.6	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.9	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.94	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.3	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2258	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$46461	$15272

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4203
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1488
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1884
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1563
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1867
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1504
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1915
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1473
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1257
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1336
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1642
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1438
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1478
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1620
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1268
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1582
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1700
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1308
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1733
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1469
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1624
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1316
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1761
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1615
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1536
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1263
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1525
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1770
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1498
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1474
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1264
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1414
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1662
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1393
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1656
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1792
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1582
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1510
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1406
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1781

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