Moscow vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2106
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5002
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1238
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2160
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$95.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$4098
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	76
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	13.3M	486K

The cost of living in Moscow is 32% less expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 4141st and 1714th ($1438 vs $2106) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1428th 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 1.9 months in Omaha. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Omaha ranked 70th in the United States, while ranked 2664th and 232nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Moscow vs Omaha infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/moscow/omaha.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Moscow vs Omaha infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/moscow/omaha" target="_blank">Moscow vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Moscow vs Omaha

Prices for goods and services in Moscow and Omaha are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Moscow	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$68.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$5.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$947
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2216
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1742
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$262
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$61.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$1908
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$1793
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$54.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$3.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$5.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$9.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$42.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$24851

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1816
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$1963
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1995
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1614
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1856
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1712
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1911
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1873
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1883
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$1946
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1901
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1889
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1857
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1822
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1827
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1757
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1761
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2120
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1574
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1875
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1827
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1902
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1647
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1912
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1667
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2237
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1749
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2271
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2110
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2311
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1765
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2293
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2390
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2261
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2019
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2266
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2160
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1943