Moscow vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.51M

The cost of living in Moscow is 44% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4359th and 1352nd ($1244 vs $2201) 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 1187th 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	$9.55	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$14702

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560