Moscow vs Palembang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Palembang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$991
🏠 One person rent	$542	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$180
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$187
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$49
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$286
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	38
😀 Quality of life	73	40
🏙️ Population	12.5M	1.54M

The cost of living in Moscow is 123% more expensive than in Palembang. Cities ranked 5167th and 8738th ($1021 vs $457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 56th 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 0.6 months in Palembang. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Palembang ranked 28th in Indonesia, while ranked 1608th and 7235th 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	$8.33	$1.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$8.82
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$2.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$3.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$152
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$102
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$22.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$34.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	8.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$949
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$749
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$4.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$8.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$18.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$1.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$2.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$1.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$2.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$17.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$1.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$34
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$8156

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

Cities near Palembang

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Prabumulih	$450
201 km or 125 mi	Jambi	$479
204 km or 127 mi	Pagar Alam	$476
214 km or 133 mi	Lubuklinggau	$493
245 km or 152 mi	Metro	$422
278 km or 172 mi	Bandar Lampung	$364
292 km or 182 mi	Bengkulu	$521
363 km or 226 mi	Cilegon	$493
381 km or 237 mi	Serang	$512
411 km or 255 mi	Tangerang	$573
427 km or 265 mi	South Tangerang	$545
427 km or 265 mi	Jakarta	$718
435 km or 270 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$511
438 km or 272 mi	Bekasi	$552
443 km or 275 mi	Depok	$393
458 km or 285 mi	Batam	$585
461 km or 286 mi	Bogor	$480
486 km or 302 mi	Bukit Merah	$2733
488 km or 303 mi	Singapore City	$3007
499 km or 310 mi	Sukabumi	$547
506 km or 314 mi	Johor Bahru	$623
531 km or 330 mi	Cimahi	$500
537 km or 334 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
539 km or 335 mi	Padang	$913
539 km or 335 mi	Bandung	$512
575 km or 357 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
581 km or 361 mi	Kluang	$610
591 km or 367 mi	Cirebon	$495
606 km or 377 mi	Pontianak	$444
611 km or 380 mi	Muar	$611
615 km or 382 mi	Tasikmalaya	$390
635 km or 395 mi	Dumai	$554
637 km or 396 mi	Singkawang	$442
639 km or 397 mi	Malacca	$602
642 km or 399 mi	Banjar	$426
649 km or 403 mi	Tegal	$478
696 km or 432 mi	Pekalongan	$479
706 km or 439 mi	Cilacap	$474
709 km or 440 mi	Seremban	$545
741 km or 460 mi	Putrajaya	$480