Moscow vs Oakland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Oakland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$3146
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$8584
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$4358
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$833
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$5746
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	97
😀 Quality of life	74	95
🏙️ Population	13M	441K

The cost of living in Moscow is 66% less expensive than in Oakland. Cities ranked 5091st and 91st ($1075 vs $3146) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 73rd 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 1.8 months in Oakland. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Oakland ranked 4th in the United States, while ranked 1280th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Oakland

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	Moscow	Oakland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$24.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$119
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1994
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$1640
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$4880
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$3807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$64.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$7086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$7184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$3.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$128
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$6.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$23.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$7.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$6.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$11.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$4.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$181
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$60.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$2725
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$27655

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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 Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3274
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3082
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2940
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$3023
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3781
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2831
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3053
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3048
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2874
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2981
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2922
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3180
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2767
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2851
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2949
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3196
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3224
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3293
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2714
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2726
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3473
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3672
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3152
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2986
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2845
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3091
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4155
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3804
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3442
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2885
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3010
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3578
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3584
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3159
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3288