Moscow vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$5023
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1218
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2227
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$605
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$97.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$4141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	75
😀 Quality of life	74	88
🏙️ Population	13.1M	486K

The cost of living in Moscow is 40% less expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 4359th and 1666th ($1244 vs $2068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Omaha ranked 57th in the United States, while ranked 1187th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Omaha

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	Moscow	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$55.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$6.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$95.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$57.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$94.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$917
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$24732

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979