Moscow vs Palembang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Palembang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$991
🏠 One person rent	$730	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$172
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$48.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$273
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	38
😀 Quality of life	74	36
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.54M

The cost of living in Moscow is 215% more expensive than in Palembang. Cities ranked 4359th and 8967th ($1244 vs $395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 77th in Russia and Indonesia, respectively. Check Russia vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Palembang. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Palembang ranked 33rd in Indonesia, while ranked 1187th and 7425th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Palembang

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	Moscow	Palembang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$1.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$8.24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$2.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$3.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$88.4
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$65.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$146
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$99.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$21.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$32.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	8.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$678
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$2.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$0.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$0.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$12.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$2.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$17.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$1.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$16.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$32.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$7821

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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 Palembang

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Prabumulih	$417
201 km or 125 mi	Jambi	$458
204 km or 127 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
214 km or 133 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
245 km or 152 mi	Metro	$432
278 km or 172 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
292 km or 182 mi	Bengkulu	$500
363 km or 226 mi	Cilegon	$488
381 km or 237 mi	Serang	$492
411 km or 255 mi	Tangerang	$558
427 km or 265 mi	South Tangerang	$536
427 km or 265 mi	Jakarta	$701
435 km or 270 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
438 km or 272 mi	Bekasi	$518
443 km or 275 mi	Depok	$385
458 km or 285 mi	Batam	$539
461 km or 286 mi	Bogor	$513
486 km or 302 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
488 km or 303 mi	Singapore City	$3059
499 km or 310 mi	Sukabumi	$563
506 km or 314 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
531 km or 330 mi	Cimahi	$500
537 km or 334 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
539 km or 335 mi	Padang	$883
539 km or 335 mi	Bandung	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
581 km or 361 mi	Kluang	$679
591 km or 367 mi	Cirebon	$521
606 km or 377 mi	Pontianak	$427
611 km or 380 mi	Muar	$682
615 km or 382 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
635 km or 395 mi	Dumai	$543
637 km or 396 mi	Singkawang	$430
639 km or 397 mi	Malacca	$669
642 km or 399 mi	Banjar	$490
649 km or 403 mi	Tegal	$480
696 km or 432 mi	Pekalongan	$471
706 km or 439 mi	Cilacap	$474
709 km or 440 mi	Seremban	$604
741 km or 460 mi	Putrajaya	$532