Moscow vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	13.3M	689K

The cost of living in Moscow is 43% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4141st and 832nd ($1438 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 741st in Russia and the United States, respectively. Check Russia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Moscow vs Nashville infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/moscow/nashville.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Moscow vs Nashville infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/moscow/nashville" target="_blank">Moscow vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Moscow vs Nashville

Prices for goods and services in Moscow and Nashville are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Moscow	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$30339

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508