Moscow vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$730	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$5544
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	74	95
🏙️ Population	13.1M	8.8M

The cost of living in Moscow is 72% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4359th and 3rd ($1244 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.2 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 1187th and 22nd 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	$9.55	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$21465

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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 York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111