Moscow vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$3717
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	74	94
🏙️ Population	13M	1.51M

The cost of living in Moscow is 54% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5091st and 1056th ($1075 vs $2332) 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 1.2 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 1280th and 54th 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	$8.34	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$19483

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668