Moscow vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	13.3M	689K

The cost of living in Moscow is 36% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 3728th and 924th ($1585 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 798th 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 77th in the United States, while ranked 3206th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Nashville

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	Moscow	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$30241

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581