Moscow vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$730	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$3146
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	74	95
🏙️ Population	13.1M	2.15M

The cost of living in Moscow is 45% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4359th and 1222nd ($1244 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and France, respectively. Check Russia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1187th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Paris

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	Moscow	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293