Moscow vs Palermo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Palermo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2768
🏠 One person rent	$730	$501
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$831
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$1444
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	19
😀 Quality of life	74	75
🏙️ Population	13.1M	630K

The cost of living in Moscow is 9% more expensive than in Palermo. Cities ranked 4359th and 4672nd ($1244 vs $1137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 122nd in Russia and Italy, respectively. Check Russia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.3 months in Palermo. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Palermo ranked 49th in Italy, while ranked 1187th and 1060th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Palermo

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	Moscow	Palermo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$43.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$9.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$5.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$803
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$603
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$163
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$24.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2117
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$994
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$7.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$39.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$8.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$69.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$86.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$9746

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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 Palermo

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 46 mi	Trapani	$938
89 km or 55 mi	Marsala	$1019
91 km or 57 mi	Agrigento	$971
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
140 km or 87 mi	Gela	$941
166 km or 103 mi	Catania	$1161
179 km or 111 mi	Ragusa	$1106
192 km or 119 mi	Messina	$1130
200 km or 124 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
206 km or 128 mi	Syracuse	$1098
246 km or 153 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
258 km or 160 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
263 km or 163 mi	Naxxar	$1486
264 km or 164 mi	Mosta	$1346
265 km or 164 mi	San Gwann	$1555
265 km or 165 mi	Sliema	$1749
265 km or 165 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
266 km or 165 mi	Gzira	$1624
267 km or 166 mi	Valletta	$1583
270 km or 168 mi	Zabbar	$1415
272 km or 169 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
273 km or 169 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
283 km or 176 mi	Cosenza	$1072
294 km or 183 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
297 km or 185 mi	Nabeul	$443
300 km or 186 mi	Amalfi	$1521
301 km or 187 mi	La Marsa	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
309 km or 192 mi	Salerno	$1380
312 km or 194 mi	Naples	$1396
312 km or 194 mi	Aryanah	$465
317 km or 197 mi	Tunis	$535
321 km or 199 mi	Bizerte	$348
321 km or 200 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
324 km or 201 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
335 km or 208 mi	Avellino	$1061
338 km or 210 mi	Aversa	$1101
339 km or 210 mi	Caserta	$1181
339 km or 210 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
344 km or 214 mi	Crotone	$1159