Moscow vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$730	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$1589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	13.1M	4.04M

The cost of living in Moscow is 16% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4359th and 5000th ($1244 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Russia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Russia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1187th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs New Taipei

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	Moscow	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581