Moscow vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.51M

The cost of living in Moscow is 42% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4141st and 920th ($1438 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Germany, respectively. Check Russia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2664th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Munich

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	Moscow	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$14492

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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

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730