Moroni vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moroni	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1207	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2774	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$734	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$1254	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$356	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.6	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$159	$5599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	100
😀 Quality of life	14	98
🏙️ Population	74.7K	8.8M

The cost of living in Moroni is 71% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4688th and 4th ($1207 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Comoros and the United States, respectively. Check Comoros vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Moroni compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 9206th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs New York City

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	Moroni	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$673	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1027	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.5	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1624	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1381	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.48	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.76	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.46	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.7	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$415	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14597	$22663

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174