Moscow vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$4051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$8925
🏠 One person rent	$612	$2620
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$4454
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$807
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$399
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$5777
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	74	97
🏙️ Population	13M	8.8M

The cost of living in Moscow is 73% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 5091st and 5th ($1075 vs $4051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.4 months in New York City. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 1280th and 13th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs New York City

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	Moscow	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$24.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$9.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$2702
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$2361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$5005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$3996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$19111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$3215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$27.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$6.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$7.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$144
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$19.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1717
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$20585

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108