Moscow vs Paramaribo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Paramaribo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$881
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2350
🏠 One person rent	$730	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$731
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$420
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$267
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	96	14
😀 Quality of life	74	50
🏙️ Population	13.1M	224K

The cost of living in Moscow is 41% more expensive than in Paramaribo. Cities ranked 4359th and 6145th ($1244 vs $881) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Suriname, respectively. Check Russia vs Suriname comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.3 months in Paramaribo. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Paramaribo ranked 1st in Suriname, while ranked 1187th and 6256th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Paramaribo

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	Moscow	Paramaribo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$6.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$56.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$24.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$37.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	16.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$486
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$418
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$89.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$5.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$2.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$3.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$4.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$63.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$1909

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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 Paramaribo

Distance	City	Cost of living
132 km or 82 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
201 km or 125 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
263 km or 164 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
290 km or 180 mi	Kourou	$1645
330 km or 205 mi	Cayenne	$1643
347 km or 216 mi	Linden	$1031
347 km or 216 mi	Georgetown	$1062
698 km or 434 mi	Boa Vista	$560
792 km or 492 mi	Santana	$565
792 km or 492 mi	Macapa	$610
833 km or 518 mi	Upata	$789
837 km or 520 mi	Tucupita	$777
850 km or 528 mi	San Fernando	$953
851 km or 529 mi	Scarborough	$1084
852 km or 530 mi	Oriximina	$697
859 km or 534 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
871 km or 541 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
872 km or 542 mi	San Juan	$1178
879 km or 546 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
925 km or 575 mi	Santarem	$639
940 km or 584 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
950 km or 590 mi	Holetown	$1418
958 km or 596 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
960 km or 597 mi	Parintins	$694
983 km or 611 mi	Maturin	$890
988 km or 614 mi	Breves	$590
993 km or 617 mi	Grenville	$1070
996 km or 619 mi	St. George's	$1062
1036 km or 644 mi	Carupano	$737
1049 km or 652 mi	Kingstown	$1000
1052 km or 654 mi	Georgetown	$1007
1057 km or 657 mi	El Tigre	$746
1061 km or 659 mi	Altamira	$611
1066 km or 662 mi	Itacoatiara	$679
1067 km or 663 mi	Maues	$682
1080 km or 671 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
1082 km or 673 mi	Cantaura	$674
1095 km or 680 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
1099 km or 683 mi	Anaco	$639
1100 km or 683 mi	Cameta	$583