Moscow vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$959	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	72	96
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.11M

The cost of living in Moscow is 36% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3728th and 916th ($1585 vs $2480) 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 3206th and 14th 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	$13.2	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$17184

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544