Moscow vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$864	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	73	97
🏙️ Population	13.3M	2.15M

The cost of living in Moscow is 43% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4141st and 843rd ($1438 vs $2517) 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 1.5 months in Paris. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2664th and 18th 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	$12.3	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$15084

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488