Moscow vs New Orleans - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	New Orleans
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2219
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5259
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1273
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2170
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$696
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$80.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	85
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	13.3M	384K

The cost of living in Moscow is 35% less expensive than in New Orleans. Cities ranked 4141st and 1427th ($1438 vs $2219) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1227th 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 1.7 months in New Orleans. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs New Orleans ranked 79th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs New Orleans

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	Moscow	New Orleans
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$23.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$102
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$977
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1725
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$63.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$2405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$2056
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$45
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$5.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$5.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$8.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$61.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$79.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$1571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$10150

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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 New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2121
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$2001
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1723
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2036
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1755
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1613
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2193
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2134
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2135
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1775
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1844
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2127
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1680
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1842
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1971
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1861
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1763
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1776
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1938
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1861
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1837
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2074
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2231
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1933
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2025
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1787
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2010
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2072
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2252
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2009
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2029
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1957
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1586
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1830
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1804
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1592
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1960