Monaco City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Monaco City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7861	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10082	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$6825	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$6182	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$768	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8072	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	21	96
😀 Quality of life	66	72
🏙️ Population	38.4K	13.3M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 396% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1st and 3728th ($7861 vs $1585) 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 1 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 5110th and 3206th 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	$20.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.4	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.41	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.02	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7561	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6344	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7042	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5552	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.28%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$84253	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$62621	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.94	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.61	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.1	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.5	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$6.03	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.5	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2320	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$47079	$17546

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4626
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1516
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1934
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1556
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1490
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1294
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1375
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1479
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1545
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1649
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1342
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1652
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1788
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1354
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1780
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1471
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1602
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1338
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1824
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1618
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1566
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1275
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1581
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1769
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1542
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1458
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1290
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1445
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1694
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1425
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1680
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1778
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1606
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1659
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1392
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1803

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