Moscow vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$961
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$2354
🏠 One person rent	$864	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$664
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$66.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$126
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	96	21
😀 Quality of life	73	23
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.45M

The cost of living in Moscow is 50% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 4141st and 5884th ($1438 vs $961) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Russia vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.1 months in Ouagadougou. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Ouagadougou ranked 3rd in Burkina Faso, while ranked 2664th and 9002nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Ouagadougou

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	Moscow	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$7.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$760
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$375
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$56.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$5.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$2.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$18.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$8.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$1.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$4.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$27.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$63.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$133
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$17372

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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 Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$820
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$877
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$846
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$851
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$875
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$822
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$874
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$821
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$576
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1172
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$712
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$514
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$703
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$508
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$506
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$1099
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$699
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$652
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$532
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$1123
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$684
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$646
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$506
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$508
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$506
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$1066
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$417
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$631
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$598
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$583
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$668
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$466
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$835
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$630
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$600
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$822
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$1057